tavis: please welcome frank deford to this program, a longtime contributor for sports illustrated and a regular on npr. he was also on real sports with bryant gumbel, and he is also an emmy award winning author. he has a new book called over time. after all of these years, i feel like i know you, but it is an honor to finally meet you. i would say the same thing. it is an honor to meet you. tavis: i have read somewhere that you do not even like the word memoir. do you want to stop me before we get started? riders do not have memoirs. this is more of a we-moir. tavis: you are a fascinating guy. let s jump in. they do have, how should i put this, and elevated and inflated place in our society, and what is it that is about sport that of the bids and enfilades these guys a sport that elevates and insulates inflates these guys? it is all over the world. they are glamorous, beautiful, what they can do. we all admire them. we all play games, so and other words
tavis: please welcome frank deford to this program, a longtime contributor for sports illustrated and a regular on npr. he was also on real sports with bryant gumbel, and he is also an emmy award winning author. he has a new book called over time. after all of these years, i feel like i know you, but it is an honor to finally meet you. i would say the same thing. it is an honor to meet you. tavis: i have read somewhere that you do not even like the word memoir. do you want to stop me before we get started? riders do not have memoirs. this is more of a we-moir. tavis: you are a fascinating guy. let s jump in. they do have, how should i put this, and elevated and inflated place in our society, and what is it that is about sport that of the bids and enfilades these guys a sport that elevates and insulates inflates these guys? it is all over the world. they are glamorous, beautiful, what they can do. we all admire them. we all play games, so and other words
tavis: please welcome frank deford to this program, a longtime contributor for sports illustrated and a regular on npr. he was also on real sports with bryant gumbel, and he is also an emmy award winning author. he has a new book called over time. after all of these years, i feel like i know you, but it is an honor to finally meet you. i would say the same thing. it is an honor to meet you. tavis: i have read somewhere that you do not even like the word memoir. do you want to stop me before we get started? riders do not have memoirs. this is more of a we-moir. tavis: you are a fascinating guy. let s jump in. they do have, how should i put this, and elevated and inflated place in our society, and what is it that is about sport that of the bids and enfilades these guys a sport that elevates and insulates inflates these guys? it is all over the world. they are glamorous, beautiful, what they can do. we all admire them. we all play games, so and other words