America’s favorite underdog died young, succumbing to a heart attack at age 14. Seabiscuit statue at Santa Anita. 2008. PD Read Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith’s ...
He was an unlikely superstar, lacking the looks of a Hollywood headliner, or the portfolio of a mogul. But his underdog image and feisty will to win attracted the heart of a nation, and the plain ...