e of the most followed athletes of this time. On the night of the fight between him and Gene Tunney, According to Wukoveits, John. Ed "there were more than 140,000 people at the arena. And more than a million people listened on their new radios". There was no better time in history for sports to emerge. With the war hurting society, business people wanted to be inspired by individual stars. People rallied around their favorite athletes much like the way they rallied around the troops during war. As people were changing, as individuals and as a whole, sports took advantage of this and became a very important part of the 20's."The Golden Age of Sports".
             Although when you think of American sports legends of the 20th century or any century for that matter the number one on the list is still Babe Ruth. As George Will put it so well when he said &quo
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