Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age
Author | : Lee Congdon |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2017-05-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781442277526 |
ISBN-13 | : 1442277521 |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Download or read book Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age written by Lee Congdon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the lives and careers of four sports-writing greats—Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz—and the legendary athletes and events they covered for decades. These men all wrote during what is often considered sport’s Golden Age, lifting sports reporting to heights that it is unlikely to reach again.