The Best Of Frank Deford
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: May 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781572433601
Subjects: United States; Athletic Sports And Games; Sports & Recreation; Sports; Essays; Radio broadcasting of sports; Sports Journalism
First sentence: I am informed by the American Journalism Review that a survey of almost three hundred broadcast students at three major journalism schools reveals that better than half the males want to go into sports.
Description: "The Best of Frank Deford: I'm Just Getting Started relates not only the specific and spectacular events that make up great sportswriting, but reflect through sports the larger world of American culture. The Best of Frank Deford features in-depth personal profiles of such legendary figures as Bobby Knight, Bill Russell, and Charles Barkley, and provides wry insight into the rapidly changing sports world."--BOOK JACKET.