You'll often see the 1920s referred to as the "golden age of sports." There are a couple reasons for this, but a big part of it is the slate of huge stars that emerged in this decade. Baseball had ...

In the annals of boxing's greatest heavyweight champions, two names often enter the conversation: Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. They each had Irish backgrounds, were ring-savvy, had real punching ...

John J. “Jack” Tunney June 3, 1920~June 23, 2009 Resident of Walnut Creek After a courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease, Jack passed away on Tuesday, June 23rd and was ushered into heaven ...

It is the most famous fight in the Golden Age of Sports. It is the night of the Long Count in Chicago. It is the fight when Jack Dempsey knocks Gene Tunney to the canvas for more than the 10 seconds ...

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On September 23, 1926, in Philadelphia, Gene Tunney easily defeated Jack Dempsey for the title of heavyweight champion of the world, and in this exhaustively researched work, sportswriter Cavanaugh ...

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