Writer Frank Deford to speak at Brevard College

Renowned sportswriter Frank Deford will speak at Brevard College Sept. 24.

Deford will take the stage at 6:30 p.m. at Brevard College’s Porter Center for Performing Arts. He is the 2015 J.R. McDowell Speaker, and his visit is sponsored by the Transylvania County Library in partnership with Brevard College, according to a news release from the college.

Tickets for “Sports: The Hype and the Hypocrisy” are $10 and are on sale at the Transylvania County Library.

The program will focus on the business of sports from multiple angles.

By using personal anecdotes gathered from a lifetime of writing and reporting about sports and sports personalities, Deford will offer his own behind-the-scenes perspective on the sports industry.

Deford is the author of 18 books of fiction and nonfiction.

His latest, “Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter” is a New York Times best seller.

Deford is also a regular commentator on NPR’s “Morning Edition.” He is also senior correspondent on the HBO show, “Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel.”

He remains a senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated, an association that dates to 1962.

The program at the Porter Center is part of a series of events supporting the upcoming Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition, “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” through Oct. 24 at the Transylvania County Library.