I'd Know That Voice Anywhere: My Favorite NPR Commentaries - Rilegato

Praise for I’d Know That Voice Anywhere:

Frank Deford definitely is worthy of a spot on the Mt. Rushmore of sportswriters . . . As always, Deford’s writing is glorious, hitting all the notes from funny to emotional to profound . . . Once again, his words make sports come alive.” Chicago Tribune

An eclectic collection . . . [Deford] could make a shopping list interesting to read.” Buffalo News

Deford . . . has a wickedly droll sense of humor, which, when coupled with his encyclopedic knowledge of sports, results in commentaries that are incisive, amusing, touching, or incendiary in various combinations . . . A rich collection for anyone interested in the sporting life.” Booklist

Wonderful . . . Deford’s new book underscores his brilliance as a writer . . . Deford fans are well-advised to check [it] out.” Poynter

Praise for Frank Deford:

Deford . . . is the handsome, swashbuckling man of sports journalism. For fifty years, he has been issuing perhaps the greatest writing the realm has known.” Chicago Sun-Times

[Deford is] sports writing’s Sinatra.” San Francisco Chronicle

Deford’s cred is incredible, his accolades deserved . . . [Deford] has long been the genuine article.” Los Angeles Times

Deford has seen it all, and boy, has he got stories.” Dallas Morning News

Thank heaven for Frank Deford.” San Antonio Express-News

One of the greatest writers of our time.” Billie Jean King

Frank Deford is the best sportswriter I’ve ever read . . . If there’s a Mount Rushmore of sportswriting, Deford is up there, purple ties and all.” Tony Kornheiser

Of all the magazine writers of the last half-century, Frank Deford holds a special place at the top . . . Not very bright, someone said of him long ago at Princeton, and it was true he has been brilliant instead.” David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered and Clemente

Frank Deford writes the kind of sentences you find yourself rereading for the sheer pleasure of it.” Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four

Frank Deford is the best there is.” Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights

One of our best-loved and most gifted writers . . . A master storyteller.” Jeremy Schaap, author of Cinderella Man and Triumph

Frank Deford knows more baseball and writes with more graceful good humor than any man I know.” Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, on The Old Ball Game

One of our more melodious sportswriters . . . Deford writes with a cunning sparkle in his eye.” Kirkus Reviews, on The Old Ball Game (starred review)

A man whose talent is every bit the equal of the great athletes whose stories he’s revealed to us.” Shelf Awareness

Deford is the Holy Grail. He’s simply one of the greatest sportswriters of all time.” Peter King, SI.com

Frank Deford is a weekly commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition,” a Senior Contributing Writer atSports Illustrated, and a Senior Correspondent on the HBO show Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. He is a recipient of the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing and the National Humanities Medal. He is the author of nineteen books.