OT- RIP Frank Deford

[superjohn]

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.time...ford-death-legendary-sports-writer?source=dam

The best sports writer I've ever read.

 

[Matrim55]

Long read, but very much worth it:

THE RABBIT HUNTER Bobby Knight may be tremendously successful on the court, but off it, Indiana's controversial basketball coach often stalks the insignificant

 

[Dove]

I loved The National.

 

[starpka]

Loved him on NPR over the years. RIP.

http://wnpr.org/post/deford-says-thanks-good-game-drops-mic

 

[Chin Diesel]

His generation is the last of the sports reporters that drove regional and national dialog.

Now it's mostly blogs and tweets.

 

[Waquoit]

I loved The National.

Me, too. Except for one article. The game story for UConn's NCAA loss during the dream season. It read like it was written by a stringer for the Duke Daily News. Considering the writer was John Feinstein, you could say it was.