John Feinstein, the long -time sports writer and spacecraft for the Washington Post and a bestselling author, died on Thursday.
Feinstein was 69 years old.
The Washington Post said Feinstein died with his brother Robert’s home in McLean, Virginia.
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John Feinstein on the golf channel during the first round of Players Championship at Players Stadium Course on TPC Sawgrass 11 May 2017 in Ponte Vedra Beach. (CY CYR/PGA TOUR)
The reason for Feinstein’s death has not been revealed.
Feinstein had filed a column to the Washington Post one day before his death about Michigan State Head Basketball Coach Tom Izzo.
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Feinstein’s career at The Washington Post began in 1977, but it had nothing to do with sports at first. He was a night police reporter, but he “excelled soon on the sports company”, according to Outlet’s obituary.
“He covered a host of sports and developed a talent for deep sourcing that fed personality -driven and dramatic tales of athletes, coaches and leadership,” the obituary continued.
While working for the Washington Post, Feinstein also performed work for ESPN, NPR and Gold Channel. He also had shows at Siriusxm.
Feinstein also wrote more than 40 books, including the best-selling basketball book of all time, “Season at Brink,” which debuted in 1986, after taking a whole year off his Washington Post concert to follow Indiana Hoosiers 1985 and their polarizing head coach Bob Knight.
Author John Feinstein sees the action between Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Raves from the Ravens’ Bank Council at Heinz Field 26 December 2004 in Pittsburgh. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)
The book was a huge success and spent 17 weeks as No. 1 Bestseller after the release. And both experts and relaxed readers loved how Feinstein did not omit a single detail of how Knight went about coaching his players during a season with a NCAA tournament appearance, but not a national championship.
Hoosiers won Knights Third and Last National Title as the main coach of Indiana during the 1986-87 campaign.
The book was eventually adapted to an ESPN TV movie that premiered in March 2002.
Feinstein is a 23-time New York Times bestseller who achieved the milestone in publishing his 50th book, “The Ancient Eight”, which goes deep into Ivy League football. The book was published last year.
It was announced in November that Feinstein would join Longwood University as a TV company and teacher who provided color comments to ESPN+ broadcasts of men’s basketball games.
John Feinstein from CBS Sports Radio Network Broadcasting from Radio Row in New Orleans during Super Bowl 2013. (John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty Images)
Feinstein’s results have been recognized with numerous prices and inductions that include Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and National SportsWriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
