“… the National Football League needs "a guardian, not a CEO" to deal with the fact that "the sport is simply more and more identified with violence, both in its inherent nature and in its savage personnel.”

— Frank Deford

White House Honors For Frank Deford, Joan Didion & Others, 2013-07-10, 2013-07-10, Morning Edition, National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/07/10/200735930/white-house-honors-for-frank-deford-joan-didion-others,

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