02562cam a2200337 4500 1164135076 TxAuBib 20130107120000.0 111012s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780802120151 hbk. 0802120156 hbk. (OCoLC)757477099 BTCTA eng BTCTA BDX YDXCP CLE CXP WIM CLE TnLvILS TxAuBib Deford, Frank. Over time : my life as a sportswriter / Frank Deford as told to Frank Deford. My life as a sportswriter. 1st ed. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012. vi, 354 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. A not very bright boy -- Something of a vote of confidence -- In which I first encounter faster guns -- Roamer -- Granny -- Walking in place -- Old-timers -- The Vietnam War is finally over -- Push on -- The best advice I ever got in my whole life -- Scribes for the cranks and the fancy -- El Tigre -- In which I finally discover the difference between winning and losing -- Bawlmer, Merlin, my hametown -- Gee whiz -- Beauty and the beasts -- This just in : writing can be fun -- In which I happen upon an eye-opener -- Kingsley -- My damn name -- It happens to the best of us -- The it was. Really -- The kid -- Andre -- Mr. King will see you now -- Hobey and Danny and Bill -- The most amazing feat in sport in the twentieth century -- Hub tales -- My man -- Anglophile -- Remember "consciousness raising"? -- Fun in the sun -- Summer songs -- Roadie -- With ease or angst -- Lost in translation -- The anchor leg -- The sweetest thing I ever saw an athlete do for a member in the fourth estate -- You won't believe this -- The most amazing thing I ever saw an athlete do -- Red -- The amateur voice -- The best I ever was fired -- Naked slept the commissioner -- Taboo -- Last call. Library Journal, 120111, p. 92. Publisher's Weekly, 022012, p. 157. Kirkus Review - Adult,030112. Booklist, 040112, p. 18. An unconventional tale as wide-ranging as Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium, from the 1960s until today. 20130107. Deford, Frank. Sportswriters United States Biography. Sports journalism United States. TXKIP