Lately, I have been remembering my longtime friend John Underwood, mainly because of a book he wrote, Death of an American Game.
If you’re an old-timer who has kept up with sports with a serious bent, you are likely to have read some of John’s work. He wrote for Sports Illustrated during the magazine’s heyday, from the 1950s into the ‘70s.
He was also a highly acclaimed author and was serenaded for …