Frank Deford
American sportswriter and novelistWikipedia
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Nov 9, 2026
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Oh, it's a pencil? Sorry, I owe you one.
StugotzHOST
The last time you were allowed to smoke during a press conference, Frank DeFord was in attendance.
StugotzHOST
Put it on the poll.
StugotzHOST
Was the last time you were allowed to smoke at a press conference when Frank DeFord was in attendance? Joe Burrow, NFL MVP award, collision course.
StugotzHOST
Jamar Chase, cheat code.
StugotzHOST
The C in Jamar Chase stands for cheat code.
Ed UszynskiGUEST
I was just thinking about how confusing it is for both athletes, for us as parents, even coaches, because we haven't been taught well.
Ed UszynskiGUEST
And it's why organizations like FCA, Athletes in Action, different sport ministries that exist to try to help people, at least for a window of time that we have access to them, to understand the difference between rabbit's foot spirituality and Or what an old Sports Illustrated writer named Frank DeFord wrote 50 years ago about what he called the rise of sportianity.
Ed UszynskiGUEST
Whereas there's this mix of, I went to an Ohio State football game the other day.
Ed UszynskiGUEST
And so the entire team comes out and hits a knee.
Chick McGeeHOST
that.
Tom GriswoldHOST
What's his name? Frank DeFord had that, and I couldn't take him seriously.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Well, see, that's not too much.
Tom GriswoldHOST
That would be understated.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
And this is why I say you've got to watch the second wind.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
Back when Boomer was in Cincinnati, I don't know if you remember a SI writer called Frank DeFord.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
Sure, I do.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
Yeah.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
So Frank DeFord's in Cincinnati and he was at just speaking at something that Boomer was was at, like a fundraiser for a hospital or whatever it was.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
And his daughter had CF.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
And this is before Gunner was born.
Gregg GiannottiGUEST
just taken aback by it and so affected by it that he went to the children's hospital to meet with these CF kids.
Steve FlinkGUEST
I would say I probably would make the case that it would be Tilden.
Chris BowersHOST
It's interesting that in Frank DeFord's biography of Tilden, he said that Tilden was still the best in the world aged 40 over one set.
Chris BowersHOST
He just couldn't sustain it.
Chris BowersHOST
And I wonder whether you could make the same sort of case today for someone like Djokovic or a few years back for Federer.
Bryan CurtisHOST
Yeah, probably.
Bryan CurtisHOST
Robert Saunders writes, don't overlook the whole dandy category of Tom Wolfe and Frank DeFord.
Bryan CurtisHOST
Mm-hmm.
Bryan CurtisHOST
He continues, Peter Gammons might be interesting for David with the right wig.
David ShoemakerHOST
This makes
Bryan CurtisHOST
me laugh so much to think of David dressing as Peter Gammons for Halloween.
Bryan CurtisHOST
I mean, if you and I lived in a planned community... where only sports writers lived, and we went as Frank DeFord or Peter Gammons without a name tag of any kind, how many people would be like, I understand what you are? I get it.
Bryan CurtisHOST
No, they would just
Michael MacCambridgeGUEST
I can still remember the 1970 pro football preview issue with Dick Butkus on the cover.
Michael MacCambridgeGUEST
And so I grew up reading Dan Jenkins and Tex Maul and Frank DeFord.
Michael MacCambridgeGUEST
And every year at Christmas, I would ask my mother to get me another book.
Michael MacCambridgeGUEST
coffee table book about pro football, because of course, NFL properties was doing all sorts of innovative marketing and publishing at the time.