Exploitation in College Sports: Remembrance of Frank DeFord

May 31, 2017 – Segment 1

The great sports journalist, commentator, and novelist Frank DeFord died yesterday May 28, 2017. Frank was one of a kind – thoughtful, insightful, and witty. His musings were philosophical and he always wrote about individuals, not just about sports. I was honored to host Frank a number of times over the years.

To remember him and his legacy we hosted an interview from 2011 on Exploitation in College Sports, with Frank and Taylor Branch. Branch is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA. Frank DeFord wrote a number of books, including Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter, in 2013.

Written by Marc Steiner

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