John Feinstein

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John Feinstein is an American sportswriter, and commentator. He is a columnist for the Washington Post, author, does color commentary for United States Naval Academy football games, and is a guest commentator on NPR. He is also a frequent contributor to the Tony Kornheiser Show.

During a radio broadcast of the football game between the Naval Academy and Duke University on October 1, 2005, Feinstein, blurted an obscenity over-the-air in response to what he perceived to be a bad call on the field. Apparently because he immediately regretted the obscenity, he removed himself from the rest of the broadcast, except to return at the end to apologize on the air. Although he offered his resignation to the Naval Academy, they rejected it because of his contrition and have invited him to continue to participate in future broadcasts.

Feinstein was a sports writer for the The Chronicle while enrolled at Duke University, where he graduated in 1977.

One of Feinstein's nicknames is "Junior", despite not having the suffix in his name. The name was given by Tony Kornheiser because of the similarities in his temper to John McEnroe.

Feinstein sometimes fills in as a guest host on The Jim Rome Show. Rome considers Feinstein to be one of the most intelligent people he's interviewed on the show, and occasionally teases him about an over-the-phone interview that was interrupted by Feinstein's daughter.

Works

ISBN 0316009644
*The story of the 2004-2005 Baltimore Ravens
Last Shot ISBN 0375831681
*A fictional children's book about 2 children trying to solve a mystery at the Final Four.
Let Me Tell You A Story (with Red Auerbach) ISBN 0316738239
ISBN 0316777889
*The story of Bruce Edwards, the longtime caddy for golf great Tom Watson, and his ultimately losing battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.
ISBN 0316778524
*A look at the 2002 US Open golf tournament, held at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island.
The Punch ISBN 0316735639
*Deals with the infamous punch thrown by Kermit Washington that nearly killed Rudy Tomjanovich during an NBA game in 1977, and its impact on both men and the league.
ISBN 0316277371
*Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1995.
The Last Amateurs ISBN 0316278424
*A look at the 1999-2000 basketball season in the Patriot League, a low-ranked Division I basketball conference. "Amateurs" refers to the fact that when Feinstein wrote this book, the conference had a policy against the granting of athletic scholarships.
ISBN 0316277959
First Coming ISBN 0345422864
A March to Madness ISBN 0316277126
*An inside look at the 1996-97 basketball season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, featuring segments on each of the nine schools then in the conference. Notably, this was the last season for North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith.
ISBN 0316278246
*A look at the 1995 football season at Army and Navy, culminating in the Army-Navy Game.
Running Mates
Play Ball ISBN 0679416188
Hard Courts ISBN 0679741062
Forever's Team ISBN 0394568923
*A look at the Duke team that lost in the NCAA final game in 1978. Because many of its stars were freshmen and sophomores, it was widely expected that the team would win a national title, but this group of Duke players never did so.
A Season Inside ISBN 0394568915
*In his follow up to Brink, Feinstein took an inside look at the Kansas basketball team in 1987-88—which turned out to be a national championship season.
A Season on the Brink ISBN 0671688774
*A look at the 1985-86 basketball season at Indiana University, especially famous for its treatment of legendary coach Bob Knight.

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