Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set ...

The two things everyone knows about Ty Cobb are that he was a phenomenal baseball player and that he was the worst racist ever to play the game. But one of these things is mostly wrong. Cobb, the f… ...

In an excerpt from his new biography 'Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty,' Charles Leerhsen examines Cobb's rivalry with Babe Ruth as the Dead Ball era came to a close and a new style of baseball emerged.