Farewell to a Landmark: Irish, Army should share in the glory (Today) Sep 21, 2008
Notre Dame won in front of 55,000 fans and the game became part of sports lore when Grantland Rice of the New York Herald Tribune opened his account of it with a line about the Irish backfield: "Outlined against a blue, gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again. ...". New York media continued to follow the Irish that season and Ed Barrow, general manager of the Yankees, noticed. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Safe at Home Sep 20, 2008
With the recitative assistance of my daughter Gretel and museum director Pat Weissend, we filled the between-innings air of a game against the Auburn Doubledays with baseball verse by everyone from Charles Bukowski to Grantland Rice. It was a catastrophe. (The American Conservative)
Maine looks familiar to Ferentz Aug 29, 2008
That 1958 team won the Grantland Rice Award as the nation's top team. Duncan was a consensus all-American in 1958 and finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Gamble No. 1 backup at LB Aug 23, 2008
Southern California topped No. 2 Georgia in the Football Writers Association of America's preseason Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll. Both teams received five first-place votes. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Maisel excerpt: UCLA-USC overrated Aug 19, 2008
Dan Jenkins, the best college football writer since Grantland Rice, has that '67 game on his short list of all-time greats. But, c'mon. (ESPN -- College Football News)
VU Fan's Hall of Fame Aug 12, 2008
com: Fan's VU Sports Hall of Fame Inductees. Vanderbilt Commodores Football, Basketball, and Recruiting. (VandyMania.com)
Hall of Fame Finals Voting ends on Monday Jul 27, 2008
Grantland Rice Fred Russell. Men's Basketball (Group 1). (VandyMania.com)
SI.com Selects Notre Dame's Top 10 Athletes Of All Time Jul 16, 2008
The quartet secured its fame during Notre Dame's 13-7 victory over Army in 1924, a victory that caused famed sportswriter Grantland Rice to give the foursome their distinctive moniker. Fueled by that momentous win, the Irish went on to record a 27-10 victory over Stanford in the 1925 Rose Bowl, capping off a perfect 10-0 season and clinching the first of a record-setting 11 national championships. (Und.com)
Smith: Winning a matter of perspective Jul 5, 2008
" Vince Lombardi, the ultra-successful coach of the Green Bay Packers, gets credit for that quote. But for the many victors, there is an equal number who are left holding the consolation prize. To get to the championship game means that you did something right. Something good. After all, there are countless teams that don't make it to the finals. The immortal sportswriter Grantland Rice once wrote: "When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that you've won or lost... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Complex 'Redbelt' is a Cant Miss film May 5, 2008
Sportswriter Grantland Rice was so impressed he declared Montague the greatest golfer in the world. But the man never wanted to be photographed. (MSNBC -- News)
Virginia's Dombrowski, Florida State's Simmons & NC State's Holtz Named to the College Football Hall of Fame May 2, 2008
Founded in 1947 with leadership from General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army coach Earl "Red" Blaik and immortal journalist Grantland Rice, The National Football Foundation & College 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 Football Hall of Fame in South Bend,... (Theacc.com)
Six Falcons Named to the 2008 NFF Hampshire Honor Society Apr 16, 2008
ABOUT THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION GE HALL OF FAME 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... (Bgsufalcons.com)
T.Y. taught how to play with class Apr 12, 2008
As Coach Youngbauer goes home to his family, his legacy in basketball is summed up by Grantland Rice s famous saying: When the one Great Scorer comes to write your name, it s not if you won or lost, but how you played the game. Kyle Murray, a 2002 Muscatine High School graduate, is sports information director and an assistant basketball coach at St. Ambrose University. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Sportsmanship lacking in recreation basketball Mar 6, 2008
So what better way to leave this topic than with immortal words from the The Golden Age of Sports, the final lines of sportswriter Grantland Rice s 1917 poem Alumnus Football. For when the One Great Scorer comes. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Coach helps players gain skills Feb 11, 2008
Taking a cue from sportswriter Grantland Rice, coach Chad Fengel insisted it isn't so much about whether his team wins or loses. It's how they play the game. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Road to the International Bowl Jan 1, 2008
1967 Grantland Rice Bowl (Murfreesboro, Tenn ... 1965 Grantland Rice Bowl (Murfreesboro, Tenn. (RutgersInsider.com)
Whiteside gets Hall of Fame honor Dec 6, 2007
Former winners of the J.G. Spink award include Spink himself, the former editor of The Sporting News, as well as legendary writers Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, Shirley Povich and Kansas City sports icon Joe McGuff. More recently, the award has been given to Peter Gammons, a nationally-known baseball writer and broadcaster who worked with Whiteside at the Boston Globe. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
What does having a successful season mean? Nov 28, 2007
Grantland Rice, a famous sportswriter in New York in the 1920's, coined the phrase, "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game." I like this saying because that's the values I learned playing little league and high school sports. Nobody likes a sore loser, though I have to admit sometimes it wasn't easy being gracious in defeat. (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Lamar McHan was Darren McFadden before McFadden Nov 22, 2007
I was taken aback; this guy had been written up in national newspapers and sports magazines by prominent writers for almost two decades, yet he took the time to make a young small-town sportswriter feel like Grantland Rice. Lamar also coached the Greenville High baseball team, and my memory is that they advanced deeply into the state playoffs. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Butler leaders consider memorial for Nuxhall Nov 21, 2007
Game Called by Grantland Rice 1948. By. (Cincinnati Nation)
Four Horsemen won't make this Rose Bowl matchup Oct 2, 2007
template_bastemplate_bas When UCLA plays host to Notre Dame on Saturday, it will be the first time the Fighting Irish will play a game in Pasadena since 1925, when it was Rockne vs. Stanford's Pop Warner, and Grantland Rice By Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 2, 2007 Outlined against the "rock-ribbed ledges" of the Arroyo Seco and "the broad sweep of a mild sun," the Four Horsemen rode one last time in the Rose Bowl of Jan. 1, 1925 ... It was a newspaper -30- for the... (Los Angeles Times)
Yow Named to National Football Foundation Board of Directors Sep 28, 2007
Founded in 1947 with leadership and support from Gen. Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army Coach Red Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice, the National Football Foundation serves as a leading voice in the promotion of amateur football and its ability to develop the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, competitive zeal and the drive for academic achievement in America's young people. "Adding individuals of this caliber to our national board reinforces our role as a driving force in the promotion... (Umterps.com)
World away from Jones' reign Sep 16, 2007
From the Bobby Jones collection, there are replicas here of the four trophies from his 1930 Grand Slam and photos of him with such period pieces as Ty Cobb, Grantland Rice, Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret. Note the replica of his famed putter Calamity Jane, a flat stick that today's player wouldn't use to clean his gutters. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Forecasting the 2007 Season Aug 31, 2007
My GRANTLAND RICE SUPER 16 POLL (PRESEASON) BALLOT 1. Southern Cal 2. (BarkBoard.com)
WVU Third in FWAA Poll Aug 28, 2007
West Virginia nabbed third place in the Football Writers Association of America's preseason Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll, released today by the FWAA. ... USC has won a record six Grantland Rice Trophies, including back-to-back national titles in 2003-04 ... The Trojans finished the 2006 season ranked No. 5 in the Grantland Rice Super 16. (BlueGoldNews.com)
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UL-Lafayette hasn t been to a bowl since the 1970 Grantland Rice Bowl in Baton Rouge, just missing out on the New Orleans Bowl in 2005, which annually features the Sun Belt Conference champion. 00040000000A00000002 0 94D 0 00050000000B00000002 0 1 94D 0 00060000003200000001 0 C 3 0 FFFF 0 C0000 0. (New Iberia, LA)
Ragin' Cajuns hope to earn spot in the postseason Aug 14, 2007
After two straight years of near misses, Bustle is as eager as any of them to see the Ragin' Cajuns play in their first bowl since the 1970 Grantland Rice Bowl. The Cajuns won five straight games to end the 2005 season to earn a share of the Sun Belt Conference title but were edged out of the New Orleans Bowl by Arkansas State, which had beaten the Cajuns 39-36. (New Iberia, LA)
Willow Point Men's Invitational Scores Jul 15, 2007
Grantland Rice III 78-80 158. Jimmy Swink 75-83 158. (Alexander City Outlook, AL)
Bucknell's Most Famous Student-Athlete, Christy Mathewson, to be Inducted into College Baseball Hall of Fame Wednesday Jul 3, 2007
Noted sportswriter Grantland Rice once wrote of Mathewson: "He was something more than a great pitcher. He was one of those rare characters who appeal to the millions through a magnetic personality attached to clean honesty and undying loyalty to a cause.". His legacy lives on in many walks of life, but particularly at Bucknell today, where current Bison student-athletes study and sweat just as "Matty" did more than a century ago. (Bucknellbison.com)
The Amateur Contingent: Pros teach Pettitt some lessons Jun 15, 2007
about 35 minutes southeast of Nashville and is the hometown of the late and famous sportswriter, Grantland Rice. He plans to turn pro next year after he graduates, but he has a busy summer ahead of him playing in nearly every major amateur in the country, starting with the Dogwood Invitational in Atlanta June 27. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
ROLFE: Sergio Garcia has a brand new spitting image Mar 28, 2007
Grantland Rice described the legendary Bobby Jones as "a short, rotund kid, with the face of an angel and the temper of a timber wolf" for his cussin' and club-chuckin. Hall of Famer Tommy Bolt was known as "Terrible Tommy" for similar flings, though he admitted he sometimes acted out of a desire to play up to his dyspeptic image rather than uncontrollable pique. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Labine paved way for Thomson's historic ... (Dick Heller) Mar 12, 2007
-- Grantland Rice, "The Tumult and the Shouting," 1954. Right-hander Clem Labine wasn't a great star on the fabled Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the 1950s. (Washington Times, DC)
Dodgers Overcome Deficit, Win First Mar 3, 2007
(With apologies to Grantland Rice). to read the rest of this story. (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)
Name that sport Feb 28, 2007
The best, folks like Frank Deford (Sports Illustrated, NPR, HBO), Mitch Albom (Detroit Free Press, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Tuesday's With Morrie) and legends such as Grantland Rice, Red Smith and Jim Murray, are not, or weren't, just dumb jocks turned sportswriters. They are, and were, highly educated men who didn't need to rely on clichs or simply recitation of statistics. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Wayne County SportsWorld Jan 25, 2007
Then there were Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, Heywood Broun, Peter Gammons. the list goes on and on. (Honesdale Wayne Independent, PA)
National Championship Press Conference Jan 10, 2007
On behalf of the 900-plus members of the Football Writers Association of America and the 16 voters of the Grantland Rice Super 16 poll, it is an honor to present you with our national championship trophy ... The National Football Foundation was started in 1947 by Grantland Rice, General Douglas MacArthur and Coach Earl "Red" Blaik to honor the great benefits that come from football, hard work, discipline, leadership on and off the field and what it means later on in life. (FightinGators.com)
