"Sports is the only area where popularity and excellence meet. The best music is not the most popular; the best movies do no make the big cineplexes; the best theatre doesn't sell tickets - it's not on Broadway, it's off off Broadway; but when you go to a major league baseball game, an NFL game, and NBA game... you're seeing the best." ~Frank DeFord (paraphrase)
Sports Illustrated sports journalist and NPR commentator Frank DeFord spoke this morning in the Chautauqua Amphitheater. Each week at Chautauqua has a theme. The opening theme of 2008 is Sports in America.
DeFord spoke about his favorite story (a piece about the Cameroon soccer team), college sports and his experience meeting President Clinton.
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