Harris Named Campbell Award Finalist Nov 1, 2009
About The National Football Foundation:Founded in 1947 with leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, The National Football Foundation ge Hall of Fame, a non-profit educational organization, runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. With 121 chapters and 12,000 members nationwide, NFF programs include the College... (Gobulldogs.com)
Readers Write 10/26 Oct 27, 2009
Furman is unquestionably one of the greatest sports writers of our time recognized by his peers as a national treasure alongside Grantland Rice, Red Smith and Jim Murray. His annual AJC Thanksgiving column has been a tradition for many years. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
His final 'selah' Oct 13, 2009
You have it, Grantland Rice, Lewis Grizzard, Jesse Outlar had it. Furman, you re in a class of your own. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
JoePa says he only reads the good stuff Sep 18, 2009
Grantland Rice and those guys. I love to read the newspapers. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Harwell says thanks to baseball friends Sep 17, 2009
"I wanted to be a sportswriter when I was younger, working on the [Atlanta] Constitution, doing everything that nobody else would do. Thought maybe I'd be the next Grantland Rice, but it didn't happen. God had another plan for me. Couldn't get a job on the paper, and I got into radio. Stuck with radio and television, and it stuck with me up until 2002. "It's wonderful to see so many friends here, so many smiling faces. It's just great to be with you, and I'm happy to say hello. (MLB.com -- Detroit Tigers)
More of this story Aug 26, 2009
The facility, which was built on the suggestion in 1940 by legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, includes the game s greatest playing, administrative and professionals legends. Behind all of Cozby s accomplishments and success stands Karole. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
THE FORGOTTEN TEN Aug 14, 2009
Named 1935 Walter Camp first team All-West Coast (selected by Grantland Rice). Chosen to participate in the 1935 East-West Shrine game. (Cougfan.com)
Evans injury changes everything for Virginia Tech, Alabama Aug 14, 2009
8:35 am August 13, 2009, by Tony Barnhart. There have always been bad preseason injuries in college football. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Notre Dame-Army Rivalry Renews in 2010 As First Football Game ... Jul 21, 2009
The rivalry also has featured one game each at Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn (1923), the Polo Grounds (a 13-7 Irish victory in '24 at which Grantland Rice coined the Four Horsemen nickname), Soldier Field in Chicago ('30), in Philadelphia ('57), Shea Stadium in New York ('65) -- and three at Giants Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands ('77, '83 and '95). Notre Dame also played at the original Yankee Stadium in 1949 against North Carolina (a 42-6 Irish victory) and in 1963 versus Syracuse (a 14-7... (Und.com)
Heat Index: Today's nicknames stink Jul 16, 2009
The great sportswriters such as Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice and Red Barber were literary men, and they wrote well. It takes imagination to come up with a nickname such as 'The Four Horsemen. (AZCentral -- Sports)
College football Jul 10, 2009
Red Grange, Illinois After watching the Galloping Ghost single-handedly take apart Michigan in 1924 -- Grange took the opening kickoff back 95 yards, then scored on runs of 67, 56 and 44 yards, all in the first 12 minutes -- Grantland Rice was inspired to verse. A sampler. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
SportsBeat: Locals excel at Senior Billiards tourney Jul 9, 2009
He writes not that you won or lost, but how you played the game Grantland Rice. Loading commenting interface. (Needham Tab, MA)
Mr. College Football May 16, 2009
The writers side includes Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner and yes, Furman Bisher. If youre too young to have ever read these men, do. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Taking a shine to the rhyme Apr 16, 2009
White has found that golf poetry was a literature wildly popular in the early part of the 20th century, involving famous names such as Rudyard Kipling, Grantland Rice, Ring Lardner, and Arthur Conan Doyle, more famously known for his Sherlock Holmes books. "Golf, to me, is a marvelous sport, with so many dimensions and aspects to it," said White. (Boston Globe)
SportsBeat: A look back at college football Mar 19, 2009
After one big ND win, the legendary Grantland Rice, in his game story, penned the following famous lead: Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again not as War, Famine, Pestilence and Death, but as Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Leyden. Limitations of time and space. (Needham Tab, MA)
VU Fan's Hall of Fame Feb 8, 2009
com: Fan's VU Sports Hall of Fame Inductees. Fan's VU Sports Hall of Fame Inductees. (VandyMania.com)
The stage is set for greatness Feb 8, 2009
When Grantland Rice typed out verses in the Roaring '20s about the "One Great Scorer who came to write against your name," fans knew that he meant Judgment Day, with God totaling up the hits and errors of life. By the time this generation's one great scorer laid 81 points on the Toronto Raptors in 2006, it was possible to know precisely how many of the 81 points Kobe Bryant had scored in the paint, from the arc, the line, in transition, and off turnovers. (Cleveland.com -- Sports)
