Frank Deford

Frank Deford's reflection on the NBA is a compelling reminder of how sports were more genuine in the days before professional athletes became deified celebrities. For all that we've gained with the round-the-clock...

Frank Deford missed his Princeton graduation in 1962 to start work as a researcher in the baseball department of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. He soon began writing and was quickly accepted as The Kid, "allowed to step into...

When we read obituaries, we think about more than the person who has died. We see our parents or, in tragedy, our children. We see ourselves, and we wonder what our own life might look like compressed into a few...

Tim Layden did a great job explaining why the 2010 tournament was "as good as it gets," with powerhouses Kansas, Syracuse and Kentucky going down before the Final Four and four teams seeded ninth or higher making the...

Confessions of a Sportswriter