Photo: #A dapper Frank Deford, senior contributing editor at Sports Illustrated and long-time NPR commentator, arrives at photography's Lucie Awards last October in New York City.

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Frank DeFord on sports in society

Broadcast: Midday, 06/30/2008, 11:00 a.m.

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Renowned sports journalist Frank DeFord speaks to the Chautauqua Institution about "Sports: The Hype and the Hypocrisy."

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  • Frank DeFord: Senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated. Commentator, National Public Radio. author of fifteen books, and winner of Emmy and Peabody Awards. Member, Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters.

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