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Grantland Rice, the Four Horsemen and the blowout that never was

  • Written by Stephen Brauer, Visiting Associate Professor of English, University of Richmond

The Nov. 23, 2024, college football contest between Army and Notre Dame will fittingly take place exactly 100 years after the two storied programs met at New York City’s Polo Grounds – a clash many sports fans recall because of the dramatic column that sportswriter Grantland Rice published the next day.

In his opening paragraph, Rice...

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