BOXING URBAN LEGEND: The term “the real McCoy” derived from a famous 19th-century boxer called Kid McCoy. The world of sports is rife with colloquialisms, many of which eventually work their way into ...
Elijah McCoy was the real McCoy. Maybe. The inventor held 57 United States patents, mostly related to the railway. His inventions, which were not headline-making outside the field of steam engines, ...