The Tumult and the Shouting: My Life in Sport
Autobiography
By: Grantland Rice
Date: 1954
Source: Rice, Grantland. The Tumult and the Shouting: My Life in Sport. New York: Barnes, 1954, 32–36.
About the Author: Henry Grantland Rice (1880–1954) sustained an injury that prevented him from developing a professional sports career, so he stayed involved with his passion through sportswriting. Rice established himself as a respected figure in that arena writing for newspapers in cities ranging from Nashville to Cleveland to New York City. His "Sportlight" column was nationally syndicated, and was the basis for a series of short films. He was also a film producer and narrator, radio broadcaster, editor, and poet.
Introduction
Until the mid-1850s, newspapers and magazines tended to consider sports an unworthy subject for coverage. However, publisher William Trotter Porter began extensive coverage of...
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