Sportswriter Frank Deford, whose sports commentaries can be heard every Wednesday morning on NPR's Morning Edition.Frank Deford has been a sportswriter for more than 50 years. His commentaries can be heard every Wednesday on NPR's Morning Edition. Today (FRI), Deford is in Lawrence to receive the William Allen White Award from the University of Kansas. Frank Deford and William Allen White are both known for their writing, but as KPR's Greg Echlin tells us... the two men share something else in common.