Frank Deford (born December 16, 1938, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a senior contributing writer for Sports Illustrated, author, and commentator. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A view of the Baltimore skyline from above. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Matthews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... A commentator is an individual who discusses social, political or cultural issues or events, typically in a public context; synonyms include pundit. ...

In addition to his Sports Illustrated duties, he is also a correspondent for HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel and a regular, Wednesday commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition. HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network with headquarters in New York City. ... Real Sports with Bryant Gumble is a monthly magazine on HBO that started on April 2, 1995. ... NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... Morning Edition is an American radio news program produced and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). ...

In the early 1990s Deford took a brief break from NPR and other professional activities to serve as editor-in-chief of The National, a short-lived, daily U.S. sports newspaper. It debuted January 31, 1990 and folded after 18 months. The newspaper was published Sundays through Fridays and had a tabloid format. The 2006 opening of CBC News: The National The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBCs flagship national television newscast. ...

Deford is also the chairman emeritus of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He became involved in cystic fibrosis education and advocacy after his daughter, Alexandra ("Alex") was diagnosed with the illness in the early 1970s and who died on Jaunary 19, 1980, at age 8. Her life was chronicled in Deford's book Alex: The Life of a Child, which was made into a movie starring Craig T. Nelson and Bonnie Bedilla; the book has also been updated to show how the Defords and Alex's friends are doing today. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) is a non-profit organization in the United States established to provide information about cystic fibrosis and to encourage cystic fibrosis research. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Craig T. Nelson Craig Richard Nelson (born April 4, 1946 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor who has starred in television shows such as Coach and The District. ...

Deford grew up near Baltimore, Maryland, and attended the Gilman School in Baltimore. He is a graduate of Princeton University and now resides in Westport, Connecticut, with his wife, Carol. They have two children: Christian (b. 1969) and Scarlet (b. 1980). Gilman School, originally named The Country School for Boys, is a private school founded in 1897 and located in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus mostly in the Borough of Princeton and partly in the Princeton Township in New Jersey, United States. ... The Seal of the Town of Wesport, Connecticut Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ...

Awards/accomplishments

• Member of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters
• Six-time U.S. Sportswriter of the Year winner
• Twice voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review
• National Magazine Award recipient
• Christopher Award winner
• Winner of a 1988 Emmy Award for his work during the Seoul Olympics
• Winner of a CableACE in 1994 for writing the HBO Sports documentary Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

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Selected books

• There She Is: The Life and Times of Miss America (1971) ISBN 067069858X
• Alex: The Life of a Child BS918 (1983) ISBN 0670111953
• Spy in the Deuce Court (1986) ISBN 0399131345
• The Best Of Frank Deford (2000) ISBN 1572433604
• The Old Ball Game (2005) ISBN 0871138859

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External links

• Frank Deford Archive at SI
• Frank Deford's Insider Archive also at SI
• Frank Deford, IMDB
• Frank Deford, NPR Biography
• Frank Deford at Yahoo!
• Deford Speech at CCC