"A guy stopped me in McDonald's the other day and asked me, 'Hey, aren't you famous",'" novelist and sportswriter Frank Deford told Authors and Artists for Young Adults (AAYA) contributor Tom Pendergast. "I said, 'I'm fringe-famous.' That's what I am....

About the only radio sports show we ever listen to is a five-minute Wednesday morning chat by the most authoritative sports-writer in the land, Frank Deford. Yes, he's the guy who put Sports Illustrated on the map in his years as the...

Frank Deford, who has been called "the world's greatest sportswriter" by GQ magazine and six times been voted Sportswriter of the Year by his peers, isn't entirely pleased by those accolades. Deford isn't ungrateful--"I'm not whining," he says, "it's been a very happy...

Speakers and panelists acknowledged the link between sports and gambling is growing stronger even as critics of sports wagering are growing louder.At this week's Global Gaming Expo, the opening keynote speaker was a prominent sports writer and commentator and an entertainment panel encouraged G2E attendees...

The American Gaming Association's Global Gaming Expo, the world's largest gathering of the casino industry, opens its three-day run at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Nov. 13.More than 28,000 people from around the world are expected to attend the industry's premiere convention featuring 750...