3. For 14 years during the golden age of sports, Paul
Gallico was one of America's ace sportswriters. He saw
them all - the stars and the hams, the immortals and the
phonies in boxing, wrestling, baseball, football, golf,
tennis, and every other field of muscular endeavor in
which men and women try to break hearts and necks
for cash or glory. Then in 1937, at the height of his
game (and the height of the payroll), Gallico suddenly
and famously called it quits and left the New York Daily
News.