The Grantland Rice Story
Granny's All-Time Pitching Selection
by
The Grantland Rice Story brings the world of sports to radio through dramatized accounts associated with the celebrated sportswriter Grantland Rice. The title points to a baseball-centered installment about an all-time pitching selection, inviting listeners into the lore and personalities of the game.
The program presents sports stories as radio drama, using spoken performance and sound to bring athletic achievement and its surrounding human interest to life. Its subject matter draws on the traditions, rivalries, and memorable figures of American sports, with baseball providing a particularly rich setting for stories of skill and reputation.
Rather than a live play-by-play broadcast, the series offers a narrative look at sports and the people connected with them. Its appeal lies in hearing sporting history and legend shaped into an accessible dramatic listening experience.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.