Their exploits were loudly and highly praised in the new " gee whiz " style of sports journalism that was emerging ; champions of this style of writing included the legendary writers Grantland Rice and Damon Runyon in the U. S. Sports literature presented a new form of heroism departing from the traditional models of masculinity.

Sande's fame was such that he was immortalized in a number of poems by Damon Runyon.

* 1946 – Damon Runyon, American writer ( b. 1884 )

Alfred Damon Runyon ( October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946 ) was an American newspaperman and author.

In his first New York byline, the American editor dropped the " Alfred " and the name " Damon Runyon " appeared for the first time.

The family plot of Damon Runyon in Woodlawn Cemetery ( Bronx, New York ) | Woodlawn CemeteryRunyon's marriage to Ellen Egan produced two children ( Mary and Damon, Jr .), and broke up in 1928 over rumors that Runyon had become infatuated with a Mexican girl he had first met while covering the Pancho Villa raids in 1916 and discovered once again in New York, when she called the American seeking him out.

* In 2008, The Library of America selected Runyon ’ s story “ The Eternal Blonde ” for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American Crime Writing.

* 1880 – Damon Runyon, American writer ( d. 1946 )

** Damon Runyon, American writer ( b. 1880 )

* October 4 – Damon Runyon, American writer ( d. 1946 )

She won The Damon Runyon Award for outstanding contributions to journalism in 2000, and became the first Mary Alice Davis Lectureship speaker ( sponsored by the School of Journalism and the Center for American History ) at The University of Texas at Austin in 2005.

Marvin Travis Runyon ( September 16, 1924 – May 3, 2004 ) was an American business executive.

When his rags to riches story gets out, the sportswriter Damon Runyon dubs him " The Cinderella Man ", and before long Braddock comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public struggling with the Depression.

Runyon Heights is a historically African American middle-class neighborhood in northwestern Yonkers, New York, US.

Over a year later, on May 29, 1975, the University Board of Trustees authorized a change in policy to admit " students of any race ," a move that occurred shortly before the announcement of the Supreme Court decision in Runyon v. McCrary ( 427 U. S. 160 ), which prohibited racial exclusion in private schools.

" When Berman was killed in a hit on Berman's boss, Dutch Schultz, Runyon quickly assumed the role of damage control for his deceased friend, correcting erroneous press releases ( including one that stated Berman was one of Schultz's gunmen, to which Runyon replied, " Otto would have been as effective a bodyguard as a two-year-old.

* After Runyon's death, his friend and fellow journalist, Walter Winchell, went on his radio program and appealed for contributions to help fight cancer, eventually establishing the “ Damon Runyon Cancer Memorial Fund ” to support scientific research into causes of, and prevention of cancer.

* The house in Manhattan, Kansas, where Runyon was born is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

* Runyon on Broadway ( 1950 ; introduction by E. C. Bentley )

* Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball ( 2005 ; Jim Reisler, editor )

Damon Runyon Theatre aired on CBS-TV from 1955-56.

* Booknotes interview ( December 29, 1991 ) with Jimmy Breslin on his book, Damon Runyon: A Life

Writer Damon Runyon allegedly based the character Sky Masterson, the gambler-hero of " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " ( on which the musical " Guys and Dolls " is based ), on Thompson.

Eisner said that on one occasion a man who Eisner described as " a Mob type straight out of Damon Runyon, complete with pinkie ring, broken nose, black shirt, and white tie, who claimed to have ' exclusive distribution rights for all Brooklyn " asked Eisner to draw Tijuana bibles for $ 3 a page.

The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the short story Madame La Gimp by Damon Runyon.

Runyon was pleased with the changes and later said, " Lady for a Day was no more my picture than Little Miss Marker, which, like the former picture, was almost entirely the result of the genius of the scenario writers and the director who worked on it.

She then joined Glenn Ford and Ann-Margret for the Frank Capra film A Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ) ( a remake of Capra's 1933 film, Lady for a Day ), based on a story by Damon Runyon.

Students zoned to Cuellar and Runyon continue on to Fred F. Florence Middle School ( 7-8 ) and W. W. Samuell High School ( 9-12 ).

In 1943 he played Billy Oldham on Joe and Ethel Turp, based on Damon Runyon stories.

This led to his next musical, Guys and Dolls ( 1950 ), based on the stories of Damon Runyon, and again produced by Feuer and Martin.

This limit on freedom of association results from Section 1981 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as balanced against the First Amendment in the 1976 decision of Runyon v. McCrary.

The holding of Runyon is that the defendant private schools were free to express and teach their views, such as white separatism, but could not discriminate on the basis of race in the provision of services to the general public.

Based on the stories, The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure by Damon Runyon

Some of the most relevant Supreme Court case law on this is as follows: Runyon v. McCrary, 427 U. S. 160 ( 1976 ); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U. S. 205 ( 1972 ); Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U. S. 510 ( 1925 ); Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U. S. 390 ( 1923 ).

It is based on " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown " and " Blood Pressure ", two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably " Pick the Winner ".

After a notable failure in trying to organize a Colorado minor baseball league, Runyon moved to New York City in 1910.

He also disliked Runyon, for no good reason other than the fact that the Demon's talent was so marked as to put him well beyond the Hetman's say-so or his supervision.

Runyon was also a newspaperman.

The cast also includes Alice Drummond as a librarian, Jennifer Runyon as an ESP volunteer, and director Ivan Reitman provides the voice of Zuul and Slimer.

In 1976, Stewart extended the Act again in Runyon v. McCrary — private schools open to all white students could no longer exclude black children, and all other offers to contract made to the general public were also made subject to the 1866 Act.

McCormack also bought Runyon Canyon in Hollywood in 1930 from Carman Runyon.

The film has also been the subject of controversy, which revolves around the fact that the President and Senator Hanson, the primary protagonists, are both Democrats, and the primary antagonist is the Republican Runyon.

" Runyon also stated that he is " 100 percent certain " that no one on the boat fired a grenade launcher.

He also was the father of ( with Winifred Kingston ) late radio actress Estelle " Dustine " Runyon ( 1925-1983 ).

KUSF is currently managed by alumnus Steve Runyon, who was also the student manager of the original AM station.