Frank Deford (1938–2017)

As part of the Norman Rockwell Museum's fundraiser event for New England Public Radio, Frank Deford will be speaking and signing his new book, Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter. Join us on July 10th at 6:00 PM to support NEPR!

Location: Street: 9 Route 183 Additional: Norman Rockwell Museum City: Stockbridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 01262 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Venue: Maryville University Auditorium | Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. From the Mad Men-like days of Sports Illustrated in in the 1960s and the "bush" years of the early NBA, to Deford's visit to apartheid South Africa with Arthur Ashe, Over Time is packed with intriguing people and stories. Deford--whose commentaries can be heard on NPR's Morning Edition--lovingly traces the arc of American sportswriting in this funny and touching book.

Location: Street: Maryville University Auditorium Additional: 650 Maryville University Drive City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

“Is there anyone who writes about sports with more elegance? Is there anyone who writes about sports with more humor, insight, and a style all his own? Nope. Frank Deford is the best there is. His memoir Over Time is beautiful, funny, poignant and poetic. It is a privilege to say these words about him.” Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights

“Bill Littlefield is a little oasis for the authors he interviews, a place to stop and be refreshed in the greater understanding of another. His literary intelligence and passion shine through all he writes and says.” Michael Lewis, author of THE BLIND SIDE

The author of eighteen books, Frank Deford has worked in virtually every medium. He is senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated, where his byline first appeared in 1962. A weekly commentator for NPR's "Morning Edition," he is also a regular correspondent on the HBO show "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel." As a journalist, Deford has won the National Magazine Award for profiles, and has been elected to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters. Voted by his peers as U.S. Sportswriter of the Year six times, he was also cited by The American Journalism Review as the nation's finest sportswriter and was twice voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review. He has been presented with a Christopher Award and awards for distinguished service to journalism from the University of Missouri and Northeastern University. Deford and Red Smith are the only authors with more than one piece in The Best American Sportswriting of the Century, edited by David Halberstam. For his radio and TV work, Deford has won both an Emmy and a George Foster Peabody Award.

Bill Littlefield has been the host of the syndicated National Public Radio sports show Only a Game since 1993. He teaches a course in the Humanities Division at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts, where he also serves as writer-in-residence. Littlefield is the author of several books, including Baseball Days and Champions: Stories of Ten Remarkable Athletes.

Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Connecticut resident, sportswriter Frank Deford is a perennial powerhouse in his field. His new memoir recounts fifty years of sports reporting that balances hilarity with humanity. While this senior contributing writer for Sports Illustrated and NPR commentator writes about athletics, his words connect with the human heart.

Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford’s remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Deford joined Sports Illustrated in 1962, fresh, and fresh out of Princeton. In 1990, he was Editor-in-Chief of The National Sports Daily, one of the most ambitious—and ill-fated—projects in the history of American print journalism. But then, he’s endured: writing ten novels, winning an Emmy (not to mention being a fabled Lite Beer All-Star), and last week he read something like his fourteen-hundredth commentary on NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

From the Mad Men-like days of SI in the ‘60s, and the “bush” years of the early NBA, to Deford’s visit to apartheid South Africa with Arthur Ashe, and his friend’s brave and tragic death, Over Time is packed with intriguing people and stories. Interwoven through his personal history, Deford lovingly traces the entire arc of American sportswriting from the lurid early days of the Police Gazette, through Grantland Rice and Red Smith and on up to ESPN. This is a wonderful, inspired book—equal parts funny and touching—a treasure for sports fans. Just like Frank Deford.

This event is FREE.

Location: Street: 768 Boston Post Rd. City: Madison, Province: Connecticut Postal Code: 06443 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Frank Deford gör reklam för Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter .

The author of eighteen books, Frank Deford (who will be in town to accept the Denver Press Club's Damon Runyon Award) is senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated, where his byline first appeared in 1962. A weekly commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, he is also a regular correspondent on the HBO show Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Deford will discuss and sign his memoir Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter ($25.00 Grove), an unconventional and wide-ranging look at his remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. (jpmoore)… (mer)