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The Grantland Rice Story - Single Episodes

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THE GRANTLAND RICE STORY

RCA Thesaurus obtained permission to serialize Rice's popular "The Tumult and The Shouting" via their transcription subscription service. Titled The Grantland Rice Story, the 15-minute series comprised fifty-two sequential installments. First airing regionally as early as August 1955, the entire run soon appeared across the nation on various stations at varying times. Some aired it every weekday, some three days a week, some weekly. The program's 15-minute installments closely followed the text of Rice's book. Jimmy Powers, himself a noted sportswriter and announcer of 30 years, narrated, read and commented on Grantland Rice's story in the first person, as Rice had intended. Not quite the equivalent of today's audio-books, the material from "The Tumult and The Shouting" was augmented by contemporary asides and updates from Jimmy Powers. The series literally begins at chapter one of Rice's book and moves through the entire autobiography. Powers intersperses the selections from the book with other timely updates and observations about Rice not contained in the book. The additional material helps expand the legend of Rice himself, places his work in context with the era, and provides insights not previously available when the book was written some 11 years earlier. The entire syndicated series apparently aired in several overlapping markets. Tracking the broadcasts was particularly difficult given the 15 minute format. As best as we can establish, there was at least one contiguous run of the entire 52-installment series airing between September 1955 and September 1956. The series also aired in many markets at the 15-minute mark, often 'buried' behind an on-the-hour broadcast of another program. The series provides the most comprehensive insight into the career and experiences of one of the most important sportswriters in American history, during an era when the pen and typewriter was still as important to news media as the paper it was printed upon. The information for this brief came courtesy of Digitial Deli Too, where you can find many more series synopsis. From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep01_Beginning_at_the_Beginning

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep02_The_Big_Fellow,_Babe_Ruth

13:15

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep03_Man_O_War

13:15

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep04_Jack_Dempsey,_The_Man_From_Maumee_Bay

13:28

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep05_The_Dempsey-Tunney_Fights

13:26

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep06_Great_Athletes-Past_and_Present

13:23

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep07_The_Story_of_Big_Bill_Tilden

13:32

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep08_Golf_and_its_Champions

13:04

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep09_The_Incredible_Man,_Walter_Hagen

13:21

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep10_Grannys_All-Time_Pitching_Selection

13:22

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep11_The_Story_of_Jack_Dempseys_Early_Ring_C…

13:35

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep12_Grannys_Story_of_Gene_Tunney

13:32

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep13_War_Clouds-World_War_I

13:34

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep14_Bobby_Jones-The_Incomparable_Youth

13:24

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep15_Footballs_Beloved_Knute_Rockne

13:32

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep16_The_Immortal_Bobby_Jones

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep17_Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias

12:20

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep18_Grannys_All-Time_Baseball_Team

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep19_Baseball_Managers

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep20_Grannys_All-Time_Football_Team

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep21_Magnificent_Screwballs

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep22_The_Fabulous_Ty_Cobb

13:30

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep23_Footballs_Famous_Coaches

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep24_Footballs_Advance_Guard

13:26

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep25_Uncle_Remus_And_Some_Others

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep26_My_Friend_Joe_Louis

13:31

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep27_Sport_Films

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep28_Sports_Writers

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep29_Bantam_Ben_Hogan

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep30_Through_The_Mists

12:59

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep31_Polos_Greatest

13:28

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep32_Jim_Thorpe

13:29

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep33_TV_And_Sport

13:21

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep34_Knute_Rockne

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep35_Grannys_Own_Voice

13:27

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep36_An_Appraisal_of_the_Game_Football

13:26

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep37_Turkey_Hunting

13:34

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep38_The_Man_Who_Hates_To_Lose

13:38

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep39_Gene_Tunney_2nd_Installment

13:46

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep40_Red_Blaik_of_Army

13:32

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep41_The_Mighty_Mites

13:42

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep42_Writers_And_Pals

13:30

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep43_Ed_Furgols_Greatest_Victory

13:32

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep44_Irwin_S_Cobb_-_A_Man_Of_Heart

13:26

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep45_The_Sports_Public_-_And_Ted_Williams

13:30

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep46_Ruths_Homer

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Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep47_The_Big_Game

13:18

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep48_What_Makes_a_Competitor

13:33

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep49_Famous_Football_Coaches

13:20

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep50_The_Uncrowned_Champs

13:23

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep51_Granddaddy_Of_The_Blues,_And_Some_Footb…

13:32

Grantland_Rice_Story,_The_55-xx-xx_ep52_Memorable_Tributes_To_Granny_Rice

13:26

Bewertungen

Grantland Rice was one of the greats

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These transcriptions of Jimmy Powers reading from Grantland Rice's book "The Tumult and the Shouting" are wonderful. The recording quality is very good and hearing Powers read them in the first person makes it seem that Rice is still alive. I loved the episode in which Rice described NY Times writer John Kieran's disappearance from a big golf event they were both covering when he heard the call of a rare bird in the woods. Kieran slipped away from the golf and was not seen again for two hours. For those not familiar with Rice, this is his most famous quote: "For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks - not that you won or lost - But how you played the Game." As true today as ever.