“Cave Man” Meets “Student Champion:” Sports Page Storytelling for a Nervous Generation during America's Jazz Age

Abstract

This study shows that coverage of the Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney prize fight appealed to publishers of all stripes. Although defenders of journalistic respectability charged the tabloids with sensational coverage, they participated in telling tales of heroism, hokum, and cultural spectacle.

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