Grantland Rice
Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland Ricewas an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth1 November 1880
CountryUnited States of America
stories able lost
It's not whether you won or lost, but how many bad-beat stories you were able to tell.
practice rooms lawyer
I await the hour when a journalist can be driven from the press room for venal practices, as a minister can be unfrocked, or a lawyer disbarred.
summer running country
Play ball! Means something more than runs Or pitches thudding into gloves! Remember through the summer suns This is the game your country loves.