Knight was an almost Shakespearean character: Brilliant, thoughtful and tragically flawed.” When the news flashed yesterday that Feinstein had died in his brother’s McLean home at age 69, it struck me that Feinstein might have written a similar description of himself.

Feinstein wrote “A Season on the Brink” in 1986, a book chronicling the 1985-86 Indiana men’s basketball season coached by Bob Knight. The Hoosiers, led by Steve Alford, finished 21-8 and second in the Big Ten standings.

The longtime Washington Post staffer wrote the best-sellers ‘A Season on the Brink' and ‘A Good Walk Spoiled.'

He had a long affiliation with The Washington Post and wrote books including “A Season on the Brink,” about Indiana University men’s basketball coach Bob Knight.

A longtime columnist for The Washington Post, he also wrote dozens of books about basketball, baseball, tennis, football and the Olympics.

Well known sportswriter, highly regarded commentator, and best selling book author John Feinstein has died at the age of 68.

From college basketball to the NFL to the Olympics, John Feinstein covered nearly everything in sports. “The transistor radio was turned up full blast, even though the news was on. The voice came in loud and clear.

Michael Wilbon and Frank Isola remember sports columnist and author John Feinstein after he died at 69.

Feinstein was 30 when he penned 'A Season on the Brink,' a 1986 portrait of Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers.

Dan Patrick pays tribute to sportswriter and author John Feinstein after his death at 69, where he reflects on his life of storytelling in sports and revisits "one of the greatest sports books of all time.