As someone who spent more than three years researching the man for a biography, I see one slight problem with this deeply satisfying turn of events: the Ty Cobb of legend never existed.

Ty Cobb, a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, died Saturday in Reno from heart failure. He was 84. Cobb taught at the U.S. Military Academy West Point in New York and lectured ...

a point of view echoed in "Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty," a well-received biography by Charles Leerhsen, published in 2015. The book debunked some of the most horrible stories linked to Cobb ...