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About Frank Deford
American sportswriter and novelist
Frank Deford was an American sportswriter and novelist. He was born in 1938 and died in 2017. He is best known for his long career writing about sports and for his familiar presence on radio. From 1980 until his death, Deford was a regular sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition. His work moved between journalism and fiction, and his public voice was closely associated with sports writing, commentary, and the culture around athletics.
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- “The point is not that Jesus was a good guy who accepted everybody, and thus we should do the same (though tha…”Marcus J. Borg
War: more sayings
- “The international order established at the end of World War II could certainly have been worse. However, this…”Eisaku Sato
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Books by Frank Deford
The Entitled
2007