John Feinstein
1) The legends club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an epic college basketball rivalry
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
"The Legends Club is a sports book that captures an era in American sport and culture, documenting the inside view of a decade of absolutely incredible competition. Feinstein pulls back the curtain on the recruiting wars, the intensely personal competition that wasn't always friendly, the enormous pressure and national stakes, and the battle for the very soul of college basketball allegiance in a hot-bed area. Getting to the roots of the NCAA goliath...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
America's sportswriter, John Feinstein, goes behind the scenes of golf's most famed event, the U.S. Open. June 2002 was the first time the Open was held at a public course. Golf's biggest names tell why it meant so much to so many.
8) Foul trouble
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Sports writer John Feinstein exposes the big money and back room deals that go into college recruiting in this high-octane young adult novel.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Co
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
An account of the dramatic competition between Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods during the 2008 US Open traces the events that led to a sudden-death showdown, evaluating the ways in which the golf world was changed by the five-day event.