Acclaimed sports activities author and bestselling creator John Feinstein died unexpectedly Thursday at age 69.
Feinstein died of pure causes at his brother’s residence in McLean, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C. Robert Feinstein mentioned he was the one who found his brother’s physique, however didn’t present additional particulars.
Feinstein was a longtime fixture on the Washington Publish, starting his profession on the D.C. paper in 1977. He went on extensively cowl school basketball, skilled golf and the Olympics. A column he wrote about Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was printed Thursday morning.
He additionally printed almost 50 books, a lot of which grew to become bestsellers. Together with books about sports activities, he additionally penned mysteries for younger grownup readers.
His first ebook, “A Season on the Brink,” detailed a tumultuous season for the Indiana Hoosiers males’s basketball workforce and their obscenity-spewing head coach Bobby Knight. The ebook was later tailored right into a made-for-TV film starring Brian Dennehy.
“He was very passionate about things,” his brother mentioned. “People either loved him or hated him — and equally strongly.”
Feinstein obtained the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2013. He’s additionally inducted into the Nationwide Sportswriters and Sportscasters Corridor of Fame.
Feinstein is survived by his spouse, Christine, son Danny and daughters Brigid and Jayne.
