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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.
More from Frank Deford (99 quotes) →Other sayings from Frank Deford
- “You have to do what the market requires of you... You either keep swimming, or you sink.”Frank Deford
- “Several NBA teams got their best gates every season when they scheduled a doubleheader and booked the Globetr…”Frank Deford
- “Owners own teams so that they might move them to another municipality with better luxury boxes.”Frank Deford
- “When I was covering games, and this is back in the '60s, you'd go into the manager's office. I can still visu…”Frank Deford
Reflections: more sayings
- “We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.”Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
- “It just so happens that I was born and raised in Washington. Had I been born in Chicago or San Antonio, the s…”Edward P. Jones
- “I don't go to clubs and stuff like that, so I don't have to put up with it in there. And normally, because ob…”Bubba Smith
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Books by Frank Deford
The Entitled
2007