Two new books examine sportswriting, and how it can be reinvigorated
(LA Times Clippers)

Would today´s multiplatform, content-driven 24/7 sports news cycle ring true for Ring Lardner, make Damon Runyon run for cover or blanch Grantland Rice? Just imagine Jim Murray taking direction from a videographer insisting he could punch up his prose with a little more dramatic backlighting and...