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Sportswriting in the Post-Golden Age

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From: American Decades
Date: 20010101
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SPORTSWRITING IN THE POST-GOLDEN AGE

The Age of Reason and Skepticism

The golden age of sports had been something of a golden age of sportswriters also: Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, W. O. McGeehan, Paul Gallico, and Heywood Broun were colorful scribes, many of whom went on to other fields of literary endeavor. These writers, who still considered themselves reporters first, had been given a great deal of leeway and freedom in terms of style and content. An "Aw Nuts" group wrote cynical, witty prose, while a "Gee Whiz" group was more romantic and celebratory. They came ...

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