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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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- “I'm very very big on playing sports instead of working with a trainer. I've tried sort of everything and I've…”Sara Evans
Writing: more sayings
- “I was lost in a magical mystic world as I step into the old university library. This place I would say is the…”Ama H. Vanniarachchy
- “When a work of painting, music or other form attains two-way communication, it is truly art. One occasionally…”L. Ron Hubbard
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Books by Frank Deford
The Entitled
2007