Radio was a knockout in ’212006-07-03 · The Washington Times (via NewsStand.com)
Sports and sports broadcasting became big-business partners 85 years ago this week at Boyle’s Thirty Acres a hastily if flimsily constructed wooden arena in Jersey City. The result didn’t matter much: As expected, heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey knocked out French challenger Georges Carpentier in the fourth round in one of his easier title bouts that defined boxing during the Roaring Twenties.…