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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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- “On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously…”Frank Deford
- “You have to do what the market requires of you... You either keep swimming, or you sink.”Frank Deford
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- “Owners own teams so that they might move them to another municipality with better luxury boxes.”Frank Deford
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- “Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows h…”Alton Brown
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- “My dad was a soccer player. He didn't know anything about basketball - nothing.”Giannis Antetokounmpo
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Books by Frank Deford
The Entitled
2007