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I'd know that voice anywhere : my favorite NPR commentaries / Frank Deford.

by Deford, Frank, author.

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New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2016.

Sports -- United States.

Sports journalism -- United States.

Radio broadcasting of sports -- United States.

9780802125248 (hardcover) :

0802125247 (hardcover)

xix, 268 pages ; 22 cm

Mass and class, together -- Words to play by -- Our indecent joys -- Sisters, 1 and 1-A -- By the seat of their pants -- The groundhog games -- Back in the day -- Sports are in the union, too? -- Spittin' image -- The other Winnie-the-Pooh -- Little Big Man -- Stoodint athaleets -- The real bad guys -- The volunteer state -- The pursuit of sports -- Baseball's sad lexicon -- To an athlete leaving young -- The all-purpose sports movie -- The other sports violence -- Another way to win -- Par for the course -- The Super Bard -- Worse even than us? -- Where have we gone? -- Me and Paul -- Bad bubbly -- We're number 33! -- Trading up -- Football are us -- The victim -- Euro exceptionalism -- I can work longer than you -- The snakes in the garden of sports -- Chicago -- Put an end to it -- Give and go -- Pretty good -- Mister Misses -- His refuge -- You're it is out -- The last in the line -- Hailing proudly too often -- Kept men -- Seashells and balloons -- Keeping the elephants away -- Real vs. reality -- That Sunday of ours -- Play a fore -- Home alone -- Match play -- Up to speed -- Did he say that? -- Da boys will be boys -- Time to go -- A good aim -- Deliverance -- Who needs war? -- Headmaster -- Girl watching -- Too much to care -- Namesake -- The Patriots Act -- The forgotten (well, briefly) -- All guys all the time -- Loyal (sports) alumni -- The old butterfly -- Sound off -- Past-ism -- Let's give 'em a hand -- Southern comfort -- Artful -- Gone fishin' -- Nouveau heart and mind -- Little Big Man -- Life in the time of drugs -- GMs and ADs -- End of a love affair -- Presidential exploitation -- Wistful day -- Fat chance -- Game changer -- There's no "I" in U.S.A. -- Gimme that old-time momentum -- Mulligans -- The other state U's -- The Fenway Park address -- Getting to know you -- Patriot games -- August song -- The Rev. Mr. Coach -- Used to be -- Blessed are the pure -- Speaking of sports -- Life among the idle fans -- Juiced -- Don't tie one on -- Paying through the noseguard -- Sweetness and light.

"A contributing writer to Sports Illustrated for more than fifty years, and a longtime correspondent on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, these days Deford is perhaps best known for his ... commentaries on NPR's Morning Edition. Since 1980, Deford has recorded 1,600 of them, and in [this book] he brings together the very best, creating a ... wide-ranging look at athletes and the world of sports"--Amazon.com.

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