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  • FIVE STRIDES ON THE BANKED TRACK
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    FIVE STRIDES ON THE BANKED TRACK
    FRANK DEFORD
    Illustrated with photographs by Walter Iooss Jr.: Iconic sportswriter and commentator Frank Deford's first book brings to life one of America's most thrilling—and misunderstood—sports entertainments, the Roller Derby, from its birth during the Great Depression to it second ascendancy in the late 1960s In Five Strides on the Banked Track, distinguished sports journalist Frank De...

    $251.00

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  • BLISS, REMEMBERED
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    BLISS, REMEMBERED
    FRANK DEFORD
    An "entertaining and thought provoking" WWII-era novel of love, war, and sports, told with "a superb sense of character and period" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).   At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, American swimmer Sydney Stringfellow finds herself falling in love with Horst Gerhardt, a dashing young German. When the rising tide of global conflict tears them apart, Sydney re...

    $229.00

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  • BIG BILL TILDEN
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    BIG BILL TILDEN
    FRANK DEFORD
    "A compelling, long overdue tribute" to America's first tennis star from the renowned sportswriter and author of Everybody's All-American ( Kirkus Reviews).   When he stepped onto the Wimbledon grass in 1920, Bill Tilden was poised to become the world's greatest tennis star. Throughout the 1920s he dominated the sport, winning championship after championship with his trademark ...

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  • THE ENTITLED
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    THE ENTITLED
    FRANK DEFORD
    "The Entitled is a baseball masterpiece, like The Natural and Field of Dreams." —Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Fame From legendary six-time National Sportswriter of the Year and NPR commentator Frank Deford comes a richly detailed, page-turning tale that takes you deep into America's game. Howie Traveler never made it as a player-his one major league hit and .091 batting avera...

    $344.00

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  • THE OLD BALL GAME
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    THE OLD BALL GAME
    FRANK DEFORD
    The legendary NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history.   At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball's first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut, and college educated, he didn't pitch on the Sabbath and rarely spoke an ill word about...

    $179.00

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  • I'D KNOW THAT VOICE ANYWHERE
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    I'D KNOW THAT VOICE ANYWHERE
    FRANK DEFORD
    "A sparkling sampler of commentaries from celebrated sports journalist Frank Deford . . . offers a kaleidoscope of sports highs and lows." — Midwest Book Review   Frank Deford (1938–2017) was one of the most beloved sports journalists in America. A contributing writer to Sports Illustrated for more than fifty years, and a longtime correspondent on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel...

    $229.00

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  • ALEX
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    ALEX
    FRANK DEFORD
    A father's moving memoir of cystic fibrosis "captures a brave child's legacy as well as the continuing fight against the genetic disease" ( The  New York Times). In 1971 a girl named Alex was born with cystic fibrosis, a degenerative genetic lung disease. Although health-care innovations have improved the life span of CF patients tremendously over the last four decades, the ill...

    $229.00

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  • OVER TIME
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    OVER TIME
    FRANK DEFORD
    A New York Times bestseller: The "entertaining" memoir by the legendary American sportswriter (Chicago Tribune).   Frank Deford joined Sports Illustrated in 1962, and over the following decades became one of the most beloved figures in sports journalism—renowned for everything from his NPR commentaries to his status as a Lite Beer All Star.   From the Mad Men-like days of SI in...

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  • THE SPY IN THE DEUCE COURT
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    THE SPY IN THE DEUCE COURT
    FRANK DEFORD
    A globetrotting journalist goes on assignment for the Central Intelligence Agency As the world's premier tennis journalist, Ronnie Ratajczak has a plush life. Like the professional players about whom he writes, he spends his life on the road, hopping from one glamorous locale to another and taking in the giddy atmosphere that surrounds pro tournaments. But unlike the pros, Ronn...

    $109.00

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  • FIVE STRIDES ON THE BANKED TRACK
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    FIVE STRIDES ON THE BANKED TRACK
    FRANK DEFORD
    Illustrated with photographs by Walter Iooss Jr.: Iconic sportswriter and commentator Frank Deford’s first book brings to life one of America’s most thrilling—and misunderstood—sports entertainments, the Roller Derby, from its birth during the Great Depression to it second ascendancy in the late 1960s In Five Strides on the Banked Track, distinguished sports journalist Frank De...

    $229.00

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  • BIG BILL TILDEN
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    BIG BILL TILDEN
    FRANK DEFORD
    “A compelling, long overdue tribute” to America’s first tennis star from the renowned sportswriter and author of Everybody’s All-American (Kirkus Reviews).   When he stepped onto the Wimbledon grass in 1920, Bill Tilden was poised to become the world’s greatest tennis star. Throughout the 1920s he dominated the sport, winning championship after championship with his trademark g...

    $119.00

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