The sport [football] is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel... [The National Football League] now needs a guardian, not a CEO.
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 th… - Frank Deford
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 th…
- Frank Deford
I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed. - Frank Deford
I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.
She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes. - Frank Deford
She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.
I think at its best, sport does bring us together. - Frank Deford
I think at its best, sport does bring us together.
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 … - Frank Deford
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 …
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 difference whether it was fiction or nonf… - Frank Deford
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 difference whether it was fiction or nonf…
I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players. - Frank Deford
I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players.
I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it." - Frank Deford
I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."
You can tell all you need to about a society from how it treats animals and beaches. - Frank Deford
You can tell all you need to about a society from how it treats animals and beaches.
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