Fred Frommer
@ffrommer
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Writer @washingtonpost and other natl pubs. Sports & politics historian. Author of book on Nats history. Alum @AP @CNN. Also follow me @ffrommer.bsky.social
Washington, D.C.
Joined April 2009
50 years ago, Howard Cosell interviewed John Lennon on #MondayNightFootball - then made a longshot bid to have the Beatle reunite on Cosell's short-lived TV variety show. My story today . @dcsportsbog @coachbuckethead @rickklein @JeremySchaap .
washingtonpost.com
Before they were forever linked by tragedy, John Lennon and Howard Cosell shared a football broadcast.
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RT @ffrommer: In 1992, a fatal attack on a congressional staffer provoked a response from the federal government, w….
theguardian.com
A violent event in 1992 prompted a response – not from the president, but Congress – with similarly dystopian language
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In 1992, a fatal attack on a congressional staffer provoked a response from the federal government, when a senator who called DC a "war zone" tried to impose the death penalty on the city. My story today . @anrao @rickklein @coachbuckethead.
theguardian.com
A violent event in 1992 prompted a response – not from the president, but Congress – with similarly dystopian language
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With Trump threatening to take federal over DC, here's what I wrote for @washingtonpost on the 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon signing the law granting the city home rule, calling himself "a longtime supporter of self-government." @dick_nixon @jaconi .
washingtonpost.com
On Christmas Eve 1973, President Richard M. Nixon signed a law giving Washingtonians power over their own government for the first time in 100 years.
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#OTD 50 years ago, the #Yankees hired Billy Martin as their manager for the first time, beginning a long and contentious relationship with owner George Steinbrenner, spoofed in a famous 1978 Miller Lite commercial. My story. @coachbuckethead @rickklein .
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With Trump bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test, here's a story I wrote about JFK's crusade against "soft, chubby, fat-looking children" as he sought to get Americans into shape. @dcsportsbog @JeffShesol @jaconi .
washingtonpost.com
As a candidate and as the president, John F. Kennedy was focused on the physical health of American citizens. Athletes became his allies.
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Check this out tonight - you can tell your friends you got the book before it got turned into a movie ….
If you're in the DC area, come out to Wonderland Books in Bethesda tonight 7 p.m. ET, July 30. We'll talk LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE and sports things, and you can yell at me for not liking the NAKED GUN movie as much as everyone else. Also, there is air conditioning. Come say hi!
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RT @ffrommer: On the eve of Dave Parker's Hall of Fame induction, my story on how his defense earned him the 1979 #allstargame MVP - quite….
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On the eve of Dave Parker's Hall of Fame induction, my story on how his defense earned him the 1979 #allstargame MVP - quite a contrast to today's homer-obsessed era - in another NL 7-6 win. @rickklein @coachbuckethead @gbrowniepoints .
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What a huge loss to the paper. I loved working with Dan on my sports history stories - he invariably made them significantly better with a deft editor’s touch.
Well. Tomorrow is my last day at The Washington Post. It’s been a total thrill.
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Some quick #AllStarGame history: My story on the only time two Black pitchers went head-to-head in an All-Star Game, when Dock Ellis faced off against Vida Blue, in 1971. The AL won 6-4, breaking an eight-game losing streak @rickklein @JeremySchaap .
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My latest for The Contrarian, about the NBA's Black deputy commissioner, Simon Gourdine, who was the favorite to land the top job in 1975, but was passed over in favor Larry O'Brien.
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In 1988, future Senator Al Franken played a family game on SNL, writing a skit called “Jew, Not a Jew,” where gentile contestants guessed if their favorite stars were part of the tribe. But would the sketch, which caused tension with censors at the time, fly in today’s more
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RT @ffrommer: I wrote this @PostSports story in 2023 when the Knicks’ championship drought hit a half-century. Sadly it is now 52 years… @N….
washingtonpost.com
The New York Knicks had a mini-dynasty in the early 1970s, but that marked the high point of professional basketball at Madison Square Garden.
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I wrote this @PostSports story in 2023 when the Knicks’ championship drought hit a half-century. Sadly it is now 52 years… @NBA_NewYork @jaconi . The Knicks were dazzling champs in the 1970s. They haven’t won since.
washingtonpost.com
The New York Knicks had a mini-dynasty in the early 1970s, but that marked the high point of professional basketball at Madison Square Garden.
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Great chatting with my old @VNewsUV pal @learyreports for his fascinating read, with @aaronzitner. on Trump & sports . via @WSJ.
wsj.com
The president has strong views on everything from the NFL’s kickoff rules to how college players get paid, and he’s not bashful about using the power of his office to rewrite the rules of the game.
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RT @williamfleitch: Today is release day for LLOYD MCNEIL'S LAST RIDE, my new novel about a cop who, upon learning he's dying of a brain tu….
harpercollins.com
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE \"Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride broke my heart. And then it somehow mended that shattered heart, made it beat more buo...
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RT @ffrommer: My story for @thedispatch recounting how some US House members were furious when Montreal - "a foreign city" as they called i….
thedispatch.com
How baseball ‘reshored’ the team that became the Nationals 20 years ago.
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My story for @thedispatch recounting how some US House members were furious when Montreal - "a foreign city" as they called it - got a ⚾️team in 1969. In 2005, MLB "reshored" the Expos by moving them to Washington. @DevlinBarrett @coachbuckethead .
thedispatch.com
How baseball ‘reshored’ the team that became the Nationals 20 years ago.
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My essay in today's @BostonGlobe on how the Knicks are like the pre-2004 Red Sox, taking on the Goliath Celtics, who have been the Yankees of the NBA for more than 65 years. @JeremySchaap @ETNpalattella
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RT @ffrommer: Knicks-Celtics is like Yankees-Red Sox in reverse . My @GlobeOpinion piece this morning. Are the Knicks poised to finally f….
bostonglobe.com
The Knicks have a lot in common with the pre-2004 Red Sox, haunted by the same foe over and over.
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