Frank Deford Quotes
Does each of us need to suffer agony to understand how brutal our gridiron entertainment is? Surely, seeing is believing enough. So, what is football doing to us as a people? How do we explain an America that alone in the world so loves this savage sport?
Citations
Deford, Frank. "Is Football Finally Being Recognized As Too Brutal?" Morning Edition, National Public Radio, 16 Dec. 2015.
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Benjamin Franklin Deford III was an American sportswriter and novelist. From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's Morning Edition radio program.