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At all levels - with men and women - the 3-point shot has utterly transformed the way the game is played. More and more, the players are spread out, looking to pop behind the 3-point arc.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Arc Behind Game Levels Looking Men Men And Women More More And More Out Played Players Pop Shot Spread Transformed Utterly Way Women

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More and more teams are, in the vernacular, 'going small,' with only one big man down deep. Good grief, the position of power forward is in the process of going the way of short shorts.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Big Deep Down Forward Going Good Grief Man More More And More Only Position Power Process Short Shorts Small Teams Vernacular Way

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Owners own teams so that they might move them to another municipality with better luxury boxes.

~Frank Deford

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The Tigers, Lions, Red Wings, and Pistons are there today as sure as they were when what was good for General Motors was good for the country. Would you rather have a basketball team, or would you rather be Detroit?

~Frank Deford

Topics: Basketball Basketball Team Country Detroit General General Motors Good Lions Motors Rather Red Red Wings Sure Team Tigers Today Were Wings Would You

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I do honestly believe that, in the 21st century, sport is the most significant cultural element in this imperfect world. It calls for serious attention.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Attention Believe Calls Century Cultural Element Honestly Imperfect Most Serious Significant Sport World 21St Century

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I get very envious of my general news colleagues who are always being handed sexy new stuff like global warming, China, and Donald Trump, while my sports colleagues and I must be eternally satisfied with the same old home-court advantage, soccer, and momentum.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Advantage Always Being China Colleagues Donald Donald Trump Envious Eternally General Get Global Global Warming Handed Like Momentum Must New New Stuff News Old Same Satisfied Sexy Soccer Sports Stuff Trump Very Warming While Who

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When Juan Antonio Samaranch said the Olympics are more important than the Catholic Church, I just couldn't believe it. I said to myself, 'Don't let your expression show that he has just made a total ass of himself. Be cool, and just keep right on talking.'

~Frank Deford

Topics: Believe Catholic Catholic Church Church Cool Expression He Himself Important Juan Just Keep Made More Myself Olympics Right Said Show Talking Than Total Your

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I think every time I can find a story that touches that human nerve, and even sometimes makes you cry, I think that I've found something that I'll like very much.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Cry Even Every Every Time Find Found Human Like Makes Much Nerve Something Sometimes Story Think Time Very You I Think I Can

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If you're a father of a child who dies, it's an experience that never leaves you. It scars you forever and ever and ever. And so when I do any kind of story with somebody who's in the same position as my daughter was, there's no question that something comes out of me and embraces that story in a way that only a father who lost a child could.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Any Child Could Daughter Dies Embraces Ever Experience Father Forever Kind Leaves Lost Me Never No Question Only Out Position Question Same Scars Somebody Something Story Way Who You

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Because I lost a daughter, eight years old, to cystic fibrosis, I think that anytime that I'm dealing with people who, like Andrea Yeager, are trying to help those sick children, I identify very much with them.

~Frank Deford

Topics: Anytime Because Children Daughter Dealing Eight Help Identify Like Lost Much Old People Sick Them Think Those Trying Very Who Years I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: December 16th, 1938

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