By coincidence, this particular tiny show on earth that consists entirely of me talking about sports on NPR is also folding its… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I think, in accepting the amount of money that athletes make, I think that fans accept that now. It's the nature of… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Sport is an art: it has incredible appeal everywhere on this earth, and it fills so many human hearts with passion that… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was growing up in Baltimore, we'd get on a streetcar and go down to see the Orioles, and… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Because I lost a daughter, eight years old, to cystic fibrosis, I think that anytime that I'm dealing with people who, like Andrea Yeager,… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't make any… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Dan Rather pulling on a sweater and thereby winning a whole new chunk of the populace: That's television. President Reagan's press conferences: That's television.… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I am something of a ham. Yeah, I'd always been a writer. But in high school, I acted in plays. So it wasn't as… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I think the four major leagues ought to set up a joint commission - say, of retired judges - to rule on athletes who… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
If I'd grown up in Sao Paulo, I'm sure I would've been a great soccer fan. — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
The dollar is a winner. The euro is a tie. Get off the dime, Europe, and play to win. — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I grew up in Baltimore and that's why I root for the Orioles. I'm very suspicious of people who move and take on a… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
I remember one time I wrote something very, very critical about Wilt Chamberlain. The next time I saw him - and Wilt was not… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
Johnny U was an American original, a piece of work like none other, excepting maybe Paul Bunyan and Horatio Alger. — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
If there ever was an 'America's team,' it would be itty-bitty, little Green Bay, stuck way up there somewhere, owned by the salt-of-the-Earth citizens… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
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