Praise for I'd Know That Voice Anywhere Named a Best Sports Book of 2016 by Buffalo News "Frank Deford definitely is worthy of a spot on the Mt. Rushmore of sportswriters . . . As always, Deford's writing is glorious, hitting all the notes from funny to emotional to profound . . . Once again, his words make sports come alive."
--Chicago Tribune "One of the all-time greats in sports journalism . . . Man, he's good."
--Buffalo News (Best Sports Books for 2016) "A sparkling sampler of commentaries from celebrated sports journalist Frank Deford . . . This prime selection of Deford's most insightful NPR pieces offers a kaleidoscope of sports highs and lows . . .
I'd Know That Voice Anywhere is an eclectic joy to read, highly recommended."
--Midwest Book Review "Deford . . . has a wickedly droll sense of humor, which, when coupled with his encyclopedic knowledge of sports, results in commentaries that are incisive, amusing, touching, or incendiary in various combinations . . . A rich collection for anyone interested in the sporting life."
--Booklist "Wonderful . . . Deford's new book underscores his brilliance as a writer . . . Deford fans are well-advised to check [it] out."
--Poynter Praise for Frank Deford: "Deford . . . is the handsome, swashbuckling man of sports journalism. For fifty years, he has been issuing perhaps the greatest writing the realm has known."
--Chicago Sun-Times "[Deford is] sports writing's Sinatra."
--San Francisco Chronicle "Deford's cred is incredible, his accolades deserved . . . [Deford] has long been the genuine article."
--Los Angeles Times "Deford has seen it all, and boy, has he got stories."
--Dallas Morning News "Thank heaven for Frank Deford."
--San Antonio Express-News "One of the greatest writers of our time."
--Billie Jean King "Frank Deford is the best sportswriter I've ever read . . . If there's a Mount Rushmore of sportswriting, Deford is up there, purple ties and all."
--Tony Kornheiser "Of all the magazine writers of the last half-century, Frank Deford holds a special place at the top . . . Not very bright, someone said of him long ago at Princeton, and it was true--he has been brilliant instead."
--David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered and Clemente "Frank Deford writes the kind of sentences you find yourself rereading for the sheer pleasure of it."
--Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four "Frank Deford is the best there is."
--Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights "One of our best-loved and most gifted writers . . . A master storyteller."
--Jeremy Schaap, author of Cinderella Man and Triumph "Frank Deford knows more baseball and writes with more graceful good humor than any man I know."
--Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, on The Old Ball Game "One of our more melodious sportswriters . . . Deford writes with a cunning sparkle in his eye."
--Kirkus Reviews, on The Old Ball Game (starred review) "A man whose talent is every bit the equal of the great athletes whose stories he's revealed to us."
--Shelf Awareness "Deford is the Holy Grail. He's simply one of the greatest sportswriters of all time."
--Peter King, SI.com