Sports commentator Frank Deford will speak on “The Hero in American
Sport” on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
His talk is the last event in the term of the Perspectives at the Nott
lecture series.
Called “the world's greatest sportswriter,” Frank Deford is an
award-winning commentator and writer whose resume includes work for the ESPN
Radio Network, National Public Radio, CNN, NBC, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated,
The National Sports Daily, and Vanity Fair.
A commentator for the HBO show RealSports with Bryant Gumbel, he also
appears each week on NPR's Morning Edition. His NPR comments also are
featured on the CNN/Sports Illustrated Web site.
He is the author of 11 books and one screenplay.
Among his honors are “Nation's Best Sportswriter” by the American
Journalism Review, “Magazine Writer of the Year” by Washington
Journalism Review, and “Sportswriter of the Year” by the National
Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters.
A reception sponsored by Time Warner Cable and CNN/Sports Illustrated will
follow in Hale House.