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It's almost impossible to explain how little the NBA amounted to when I started covering it in 1963. It wasn't fair to call it bush, although everybody did. It was simply small - only nine teams - and insignificant.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Almost Although Bush Call Covering Did Everybody Explain Fair How Impossible Insignificant Little Nba Nine Only Simply Small Started Teams

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In the summer of 1963, my second with 'Sports Illustrated,' Jerry Tax, the basketball editor, got the Celtics' Frank Ramsey, the NBA's first famous sixth man, to do a piece for the magazine revealing some of the devious little tricks of his trade. Things like surreptitiously holding an opponent's shorts - nickel-and-dime stuff.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Basketball Devious Editor Famous First Frank Got His Holding Illustrated Jerry Like Little Magazine Man Nba Opponent Piece Revealing Second Shorts Sixth Some Sports Stuff Summer Tax Things Trade Tricks

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Several NBA teams got their best gates every season when they scheduled a doubleheader and booked the Globetrotters and their stooges for the opening game.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Best Booked Every Game Gates Got Nba Opening Season Several Teams

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The NBA Schedule was made up by one man, Eddie Gottlieb, who had owned the Philadelphia Warriors. Eddie had a Buddha-like body and a crinkly smile, and because he had also been an owner in baseball's old Negro leagues, he was known as the Mogul.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Also Baseball Because Been Body Eddie Had He Known Leagues Made Man Nba Old Owned Owner Philadelphia Schedule Smile Up Warriors Who

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I had gone to work for 'Newsweek', left 'Newsweek' and went to work for 'Vanity Fair,' and then went back to 'Newsweek'. I came back to 'SI' as a contract writer.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Back Came Contract Fair Gone Had Left Then Vanity Work Writer I Came

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Hard as it is to believe, there were three magazines fighting over me. 'Newsweek' wanted to keep me, 'ESPN The Magazine' was coming into existence and wanted me, and 'SI' wanted to bring me back. Isn't that amazing? I had a choice, like a free agent.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Agent Amazing Back Believe Bring Choice Coming Existence Fighting Free Had Hard Keep Like Magazine Magazines Me Over Three Wanted Were

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'SI' came to me and said, 'We want you to do a story on Russell as the greatest team player,' which I certainly agreed with.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Agreed Came Certainly Greatest Me Player Russell Said Story Team Want Which You

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I think there are more good sportswriters doing more good sportswriting than ever before. But I also believe that the one thing that's largely gone out is what made sport such fertile literary territory - the characters, the tales, the humor, the pain, what Hollywood calls 'the arc.'

~Frank Deford

Topics: Also Arc Before Believe Calls Characters Doing Ever Fertile Gone Good Hollywood Humor Largely Literary Made More One Thing Out Pain Sport Sportswriter Tales Territory Than The One Thing Thing Think I Think

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We start 2016 with a command: that the subject of Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame is over, finis, kaput forever and ever. As sure as we will no longer discuss whether Lindsey Graham or George Pataki can be president.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Command Discuss Ever Fame Forever George Graham Hall Longer Over President Rose Start Subject Sure Whether Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 16th, 1938

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