Topic: Grantland Rice

A Dazzling Collection Of Newspaper Columns

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The recent troubles of New York congressman Anthony Weiner and his sexting photos of his privates to women reminds us of the not-too-long ago Brett...

THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF GOLF

I have been asked by a good friend to write a hub on theabove subject. But, we always had a great time, and looked forward to whenever we could findtension and worries caused by a chaotic marital situation and the stresses ofliving ...
Sanctioned USC stripped of Grantland Rice Trophy for 2004 title by football writers groupSouthern California has been stripped of the 2004 Grantland Rice Trophy, which is awarded by the Football Writers Association of America to the nation's top college football team ...

IntervIew leIgh montvIlle

Bestselling sportswriter Leigh Montville was researching Babe Ruth for his 2006 book, The Big Bam, when he came across an exhibition golf match Ruth played with a man named John Montague. The round attracted about 10,000 people, who became so rowdy ...

A Dozen Best

The article reviews several books related to sports and culture including " The Life and Times of Grantland Rice," by Charles Fountain, "How You Played the Game: The Life of Grantland Rice," by William A. Harper and Red: The two best-known-and arguably most ...

Four Horsemen

Four Horsemen, name given by the sportswriter Grantland Rice to the backfield of the University of Notre Dame's undefeated gridiron football team of 1924: Supported by the Seven Mules (the nickname given to the offensive line that cleared the way for ...

Montague the Magnificent

The man who called himself John Montague seemed to appear out of nowhere, simply popping up at the first tee of the public golf courses around Hollywood, California, in the early 1930s. "There is a dogleg where the city of Beverly Hills ...