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For Love And The Game, A Star Shines In Delaware Updated: 2012-02-08 14:05:37 Description: Four years ago, Elena Delle Donne was the top basketball recruit in the country. But Delle Donne walked away from an elite college program — so she could be with her severely disabled sister and the rest of their family. Now she's the best college...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Signing Day: Like Christmas For College Sports Updated: 2012-02-01 14:01:46 Description: On National Signing Day, high school seniors can officially plight their troth to a college football program. And that means grown-up college football zealots are acting like kids at Christmas: "Who will Santa bring to my alma mater's team?"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD As A Coach, Paterno Was One Of A Kind Updated: 2012-01-25 14:05:17 Description: For a moment, put aside how Penn State's Joe Paterno — whose credo was "Success with Honor" — acted with regard to pedophilia, and consider Coach Paterno, which is what he still was barely 11 weeks ago. Will any college coach ever again possess ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Take Your Ball And Go Home? How Dare You! Updated: 2012-01-18 14:02:55 Description: When Serena Williams said recently that she doesn't love tennis, many people gasped and clutched their pearls. When we see someone who achieved what we couldn't, says Frank Deford, we're all the more put out if they can blithely turn their back on it...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD If You Pay For Cable, You're A Hostage Of Sports Updated: 2012-01-11 14:04:17 Description: In television, sports is where the money is. And whether or not they watch live sporting events, cable subscribers pay to subsidize that coverage, every month. ESPN now collects an average of $4.69 for every cable home –– four times more than any...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why The BCS Is The Holy Roman Empire Of Sport Updated: 2012-01-04 14:05:01 Description: The Bowl Championship Series climaxes Tuesday, with a game in New Orleans between Louisiana State and Alabama. But should the winner really be called the national champion? Just think how other sports would look if they were run by the BCS....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dear NHL: Hit The Puck, Not The Players Updated: 2011-12-28 14:14:05 Description: Commentator Frank Deford suggests a New Year's resolution for the National Hockey League: No more fighting....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The NBA Is Bullish On Christmas, By Necessity Updated: 2011-12-21 14:23:07 Description: In 2010, Phil Jackson, then the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, complained about the NBA's scheduling of games on Christmas Day. It seemed, he said, that "Christian holidays don't mean anything" any longer. With its season shortened, the NBA can't a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Look, Ma, I'm In The End Zone! Updated: 2011-12-14 14:00:44 Description: Frank Deford asks, is it time to seek a restraining order against football's end zone follies? The seemingly endless victory celebrations now seem to follow just about any big play....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD For Some Marching Bands, Hazing Means Brutality Updated: 2011-12-07 14:04:22 Description: A story about violent hazing in the marching bands at historically black colleges and universities — HBCUs — detailed a problem, but no changes were made. So extreme has been the band torture at some schools that victims have had to be hospitaliz...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD For Two Old Teammates, Risks Of Loyalty Are Real Updated: 2011-11-30 14:07:14 Description: In the 1960s, Dave Bing and Jim Boeheim were the starting guards for Syracuse University's basketball team. Since then, both men have shown a huge capacity for loyalty. But as they face tough times in Detroit and at Syracuse, they're also risking the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD An Eternal Tee Time Option For Die-Hard Golfers Updated: 2011-11-23 14:03:59 Description: For the most fanatical of sports junkies, commentator Frank Deford has news of a way to carry that fervor into the afterlife....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Is Football Culture The Core Of The Problem? Updated: 2011-11-16 14:49:24 Description: Commentator Frank Deford wonders if the very nature of the sport contributed to the events at Penn State....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In With The South, Out With The East Updated: 2011-11-09 14:09:09 Description: In sports, the SEC is very popular these days, especially in football. But, as Frank Deford points out, it's hard times for members of the Big East....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Love For November, Sports' Drama-Free Month Updated: 2011-11-02 13:12:56 Description: For commentator Frank Deford, there's not a lot of excitement in the sports world these days — a feeling he chalks up to the November doldrums....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The (Basketball) Show Must Go On Updated: 2011-10-26 13:01:39 Description: It's a desperate time for fans of the NBA. Frank Deford provides an alternative entertainment idea for basketball junkies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sometimes, One Is Enough Updated: 2011-10-19 13:04:20 Description: In an era of reality TV and short attention spans, Frank Deford wonders if the best-of-seven game series is really such a good idea....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Football Uber Alles. Uber Alles, Football Updated: 2011-10-12 13:05:35 Description: In America, football is really big — and it's getting bigger. Football is now gigantic, monstrous, humongous. And it has done more than surpass baseball. It now simply looms alone above the American sportscape....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Luxurious Revenue College Sports Model Updated: 2011-10-05 22:37:56 Description: Football picks up most of the bills for all the other college sports that lose money. Should an athletic department be funded on the shoulder pads of poor kids?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD We're All Just 'Guys' Updated: 2011-09-28 13:10:41 Description: It used to be that guys were guys and girls were girls. But now everyone's a guy and Frank Deford is confused....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Respect For The Women On The Sidelines Updated: 2011-09-21 13:03:12 Description: In TV, football sideline reporters are often women. But commentator Frank Deford wonders why they aren't up in the booth, calling the game....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The NCAA And The So-Called 'Student-Athlete' Updated: 2011-09-14 13:06:24 Description: Student-athletes are being used and abused by the NCAA, says commentator Frank Deford, and a new article supports his view. The article provides ample evidence that student-athletes are lacking in their rights as American citizens....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD It's A Coin Toss: Presidential Speech Or Football? Updated: 2011-09-07 13:07:06 Description: Frank Deford wonders about the state of the nation when its citizens think a football game is more important than the president's economic address....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Too Many Days Hath September (And Baseball) Updated: 2011-08-31 13:00:13 Description: Baseball's season is just too long — or at least, that's the opinion of Frank Deford, who provide some suggestions for improvement. One idea: Let more teams into the playoffs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Goal(post)-Oriented Pilgrimage Updated: 2011-08-24 13:05:01 Description: Commentator Frank Deford tells of a 56-year quest by a man who set out to visit all of the Division I college football stadiums in the nation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD You're Off The Team: The Most Unkindest Cut Updated: 2011-08-17 13:54:29 Description: It's never fun to get cut from the team. But, as commentator Frank Deford points out, it's particularly brutal to get cut from football....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thinking Back On Bubba Smith Updated: 2011-08-10 14:00:49 Description: Former professional football player Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith died last week. Commentator Frank Deford has this remembrance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD NCAA: Still Stalled By 'Amateur Hour' Thinking Updated: 2011-08-03 13:05:55 Description: As university presidents meet to discuss college athletics, commentator Frank Deford laments the facade of amateurism in the NCAA....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD When Owens Beat Hitler, And The Olympics Changed Updated: 2011-07-27 13:31:39 Description: It's the diamond anniversary of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games. Commentator Frank Deford looks back on what made the Berlin Olympics so memorable....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yankees' HOPE Week: Batting A Thousand Updated: 2011-07-20 13:05:52 Description: The New York Yankees start their third annual HOPE Week on July 25. Frank Deford applauds as the richest team in baseball gives back to the community. The program reaches out to charities and the disadvantaged, bringing the ballplayers into their li...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Winners Face Pressure To Be Brilliant. Again. Updated: 2011-07-13 13:04:08 Description: The impatience to accord golf's newest star, Rory McIlroy, greatness is accelerated by the sport's need to find a replacement for the dishonored Tiger Woods, says commentator Frank Deford. Is McIlroy already under too much pressure from golf fans?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD When Athletes Play Dirty, Government's Bats Clean Up Updated: 2011-07-06 13:11:23 Description: Yes, America takes its games too seriously. But sport is an institution that stands for playing by the rules. That's why the government has a duty to pursue athletes who use drugs to cheat. The goal of sports is victory, but the essence is fairness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hot Dog! It's Independence Day! Updated: 2011-06-29 13:18:39 Description: Hot dogs are great to eat at sports events. But commentator Frank Deford doesn't think eating hot dogs should be a sports event....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Who Wants To Be The GOAT? Updated: 2011-06-22 13:01:38 Description: Frank Deford remarks on the evolution of the word "goat." What used to be an insult might now be the highest compliment in sports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ESPN: Nobody Does It Bigger Updated: 2011-06-15 13:03:28 Description: No matter that NBC retained the broadcast rights to the Olympic Games; Frank Deford thinks ESPN still comes out on top....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD International Sports: Fair Or Foul Play? Updated: 2011-06-08 13:05:12 Description: The re-election of embattled Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA, the world soccer body, makes Frank Deford wonder about the efficiency — and integrity — of international athletic organizations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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