In 1943 the NBC announced that there was to be a new radio series, called The Favorite Sports Stories of Grantland Rice. It was also known as The Sportsmen’s Club, and included the most exciting and inspirational stories from the world. Grantland Rice is considered to be one of the best known sports writers of the day, with his expressive writing helping to raise sports players to near demigod status, and he and his writing are among the reasons that the 1920s in the United States is sometimes referred to as the Golden Age of Sports.