Legendary Sports Writers of the Golden Age

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.

Lee Congdon is professor emeritus of history at James Madison University. He is the author of five books, the most recent being Baseball and Memory: Winning, Losing, and the Remembrance of Things Past (2011).

Preface Chapter 1: The Poet: Grantland Rice Chapter 2: The Wordsmith: Red Smith Chapter 3: The Empathizer: Shirley Povich Chapter 4: The Novelist: W. C. Heinz Chapter 5: At Toots Shor's Bibliography Index About the Author