Damon Runyon

Director Zack Snyder helps superhero comic 'Watchmen' fight its way to the theater New York Stage: Revival of 'Guys and Dolls' Recalls Damon Runyon's New York

SplicedFeed 2009

Not for nothing did Damon Runyon call guns "equalizers.'"

Tracing Those Angry Birds to the Dawn of Man Matt Ridley 2011

Frank Loesser's score is a platinum mine—at least half of the 16 songs, including "If I Were a Bell," "I'll Know," "I've Never Been in Love Before" and "Luck Be a Lady," are take-it-to-the-bank standards—and the book, smartly adapted by Abe Burrows from the raffish short stories of Damon Runyon, is funny enough to stand on its own.

Joy in Runyonland Terry Teachout 2011

Tully's last book, A Dozen and One 1943, includes an introduction by Damon Runyon.

Thomas Gladysz: A Jim Tully Revival: Hobo Author Back in Print Thomas Gladysz 2010

Tully's last book, A Dozen and One 1943, includes an introduction by Damon Runyon.

Thomas Gladysz: A Jim Tully Revival: Hobo Author Back in Print Thomas Gladysz 2010

And that's the novelist Damon Runyon, [whose stories] the play is based on.

Brad Balfour: Q & A: Versatile Actor Craig Bierko Bets On A Revived Guys And Dolls 2010

Never underestimate the establishment's capacity for whitewash - as the great Damon Runyon once observed, the battle may not always go to the strong, but that's the way to bet. salieri

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

He could be vicious, ignorant, trivial and callous, but for many years he was the epitome of the brash, unyielding yet sentimental Damon Runyon sportswriter.

Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation was founded in 1946 when radio commentator Walter Winchell asked listeners to donate toward cancer research to honor "Guys and Dolls" writer Damon Runyon, who died from cancer.

Investor's $1 Million Gift Bolsters Cancer Research 2010

Due to these new restrictions and the way "famous" sports writers present themselves, we will likely never see another Damon Runyon, Frank Deford or David Halberstam.

Ryan Phillips: The Death of the American Sportswriter 2010