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Frank Deford
Frank Deford (1938–2017) was an author, commentator, and senior contributor to Sports Illustrated. In addition, he was a correspondent for HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and ...view moreFrank Deford (1938–2017) was an author, commentator, and senior contributor to Sports Illustrated. In addition, he was a correspondent for HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and a regular Wednesday commentator for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. He won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award for his broadcasting.
Deford’s 1981 novel Everybody’s All-American was named one of Sports Illustrated’s Top 25 Sports Books of All Time and was later made into a movie directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Dennis Quaid. His memoir Alex: The Life of a Child, chronicling his daughter’s life and battle with cystic fibrosis, was made into a movie starring Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia in 1986.
In 2012 President Obama honored Deford with the National Humanities Medal for “transforming how we think about sports,” making Deford the first person primarily associated with sports to earn recognition from the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was also awarded the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sportswriting, the W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award, and the Associated Press Sports Editors’ Red Smith Award, and was elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters of America Hall of Fame. GQ has called him, simply, “the world’s greatest sportswriter.”
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Books by Frank Deford
The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball Alex: The Life of a Child Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Five Strides on the Banked Track: The Life and Times of the Roller Derby Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bliss, Remembered: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'd Know That Voice Anywhere: My Favorite NPR Commentaries Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Big Bill Tilden: The Triumphs and the Tragedy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Entitled: A Tale of Modern Baseball Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Spy in the Deuce Court Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best of Frank Deford: I'm Just Getting Started... Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings