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Kansas City Star
Readorama: Frank Deford on sports, age and endurance
Kansas City Star
In Frank Deford's new memoir, “Over Time,” he details the awkward moments when a sportswriter realizes he is getting older. First, the stories told by the veteran coaches begin to seem more interesting than anything said by the athletes.
Sportswriter Frank Deford at Westport LibraryWestport-News

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Toronto Star
Frank Deford: Tim Duncan lacks celebrity status like LeBron and Kobe, thus is ...
SI.com
It's the climax of the hockey and basketball seasons, but both have potential playoff visibility problems. Let me explain. The NBA first -- as you know, basketball is the most individualized, celebrity-ized team game. Like movie stars, the best players ...
Western Conference Finals 2012: Spurs Will Prevail vs. Tough Thunder TestBleacher Report

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Frank Deford's latest book a must-read for those serious about sports journalism
Chicago Sun-Times
When I'm done laughing and Frank has finished chuckling, he continues. ''I probably should cut the damn thing off,'' he says. ''I mean, it's turned gray. Not very charming, I suppose.'' Deford, 73, is the handsome, swashbuckling man of sports ...

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Globe and Mail
Frank Deford: How much longer will we put young men in jeopardy to play a game ...
SI.com
Linebacker Junior Seau's death reopens discussion about the dangers of concussions and their long-term effects. Even as the great, sad Junior Seau killed himself, more and more other old football players are joining in class action to sue the National ...
Mind Games: Football And Head InjuriesNPR

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Sportswriter Deford at SHU
Ct Post
WSHU Public Radio, the area's NPR member station, will feature award-winning sportswriter and NPR commentator Frank Deford at WSHU's "Join the Conversation" talk and audience Q&A, on Wednesday, May 23, at Sacred Heart University at 7 pm Deford will ...


 
USA TODAY
Deford: How Sportswriting Has Changed 'Over Time'
NPR
by NPR Staff Sportswriter Frank Deford talks with Sugar Ray Leonard in 1981. "I was so lucky," Deford says. "The chance that you got in those days to get close to athletes is so much more than the writers get today." Sportswriter Frank Deford talks ...
Book buzz: Have you thought about Mother's Day yet?USA TODAY
Join Us For A Live Chat With Frank Deford At 11:30 am TomorrowDeadspin

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Plain Dealer
Frank Deford's Quest to Bring Humor and Grace to Sportswriting
The Atlantic
By John Meroney Frank Deford basically looks the way he writes. He's 6'4," trim, wears silk ties, French cuffs, and natty sports coats. He has a pencil mustache and slicks back his hair. During the Christmas season, he's probably the only man in all of ...
Frank Deford stuffs 'Over Time' with winning press box storiesPlain Dealer

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