{"product_id":"9780802194565","title":"Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter","description":"\u003ci\u003eOver Time: My Life as a Sportswriter\u003c\/i\u003e is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford’s remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Deford joined \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e in 1962, fresh, and fresh out of Princeton. In 1990, he was Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eThe National Sports Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most ambitious—and ill-fated—projects in the history of American print journalism. But then, he’s endured: writing ten novels, winning an Emmy (not to mention being a fabled Lite Beer All-Star), and last week he read something like his fourteen-hundredth commentary on NPR’s “Morning Edition.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Mad Men-like days of \u003ci\u003eSI\u003c\/i\u003e in the ‘60s, and the “bush” years of the early NBA, to Deford’s visit to apartheid South Africa with Arthur Ashe, and his friend’s brave and tragic death, \u003ci\u003eOver Time\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with intriguing people and stories. Interwoven through his personal history, Deford lovingly traces the entire arc of American sportswriting from the lurid early days of the Police Gazette, through Grantland Rice and Red Smith and on up to ESPN. This is a wonderful, inspired book—equal parts funny and touching—a treasure for sports fans. Just like Frank Deford.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127954292976,"sku":"9780802194565","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802194565_p0.jpg?v=1769907264","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802194565","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}