<p><span class="deck"> Taking on all comers, he had always dropped his man—but his supreme moment came in bare-knuckle boxing’s last great fight</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck">The author of America’s best-loved baseball book speaks of his days as a reporter, of his time (unique among sportswriters) owning a team, and of his latest subject, Jack Dempsey, whose violent career he uses to illuminate an era.</span></p>