Frank Deford
Frank Deford (1938–2017) was an author, commentator, and senior contributor to Sports Illustrated. In addition, he was a correspondent for HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and a regular Wednesday commentator for National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. He won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award for his broadcasting. Deford’s 1981 novelEverybody’s All-Americanwas named one ofSports Illustrated’s Top 25 Sports Books of All Time and was later made into a movie directed by Taylor Hackford and...