Publishers Weekly, December 6th, 1993
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 life as a sportswriter"--but these days he'd just as soon produce novels full-time, an activity he considers "more difficult, more fun, more rewarding" than covering sports.
Would he quit sports commentary--on radio and television, at least, and maybe even in print--if a publisher offered him a million dollars for a novel? "Wo...
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