Recently we seem to have had some especially spectacular and even tragic defeats, and, for goodness sake, I'm not even getting into why in the world the Red Sox are losing so wretchedly. But, of ...

What a difference a century makes. New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was accused of bad sportsmanship and worse for trying to slap the ball out of Boston Red Sox hurler Bronson Arroyo’s glove in ...

Sports writing legend, Frank Deford, will be at Powell's City of Books tonight at 7:30p.m. discussing his new book, "Over Time". Powell's City of Books on Burnside 1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323 "Over ...

WESTPORT—Frank Deford, an illustrious storyteller across many mediums and widely considered one of the best sportswriters, died on May 28. The 78-year-old, who died at his home in Key West, Fla, but ...

Author Frank Deford writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Negro baseball leagues allowed African-Americans the chance to play the national pastime for pay (if not for much). The heyday of the Negro ...

In 1961, Frank Deford graduated from Princeton and started writing for Sports Illustrated, a job he thought would be a brief entryway into the world of magazine journalism. More than 50 years later, ...