Frank Deford
Frank Deford
Frank Defordis an American sportswriter and novelist...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1938
sports football league
the National Football League needs "a guardian, not a CEO" to deal with the fact that "the sport is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel.
firsts hollywood humans
In Hollywood, writers are considered only the first draft of human beings.
writing giving people
I don't understand blogs. People used to write to make money, no? You didn't give it away. I have nothing against blogs. I don't have a problem with them. But it's like, 'What are you doing? Why aren't you working?
basketball football player
I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players.
luck
So much of life, so much of work, is luck.
hockey fighting two
Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.
loyalty team moving
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 new team. You should stick with the team of your youth all the way to your grave. That shows a sense of loyalty and devotion.
sports running home
To see the glory in sport, where somebody comes from behind and does something, sinks a shot in the last second or throws a touchdown pass or hits a home run, there is a beauty in that, and at the end of the day, that's why we love sports more than anything else.
memories eye light
She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.
beach animal society
You can tell all you need to about a society from how it treats animals and beaches.
believe wrestling world
I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.