John Feinstein

Lesley was with John Feinstein in 1986 for his promotional tour of “Season on the Brink.” It was the Tip Off Classic in Springfield, where 17th-ranked Navy, with David Robinson, was upset by NC State, led by Jim Valvano. She and John went to a bookstore in a mall and waited for people to stop by and maybe buy a book. Sales were slow that day, but the book went on to become iconic, one of the best-selling sports books of all time. His latest book, “Raise a Fist, Take a Knee – Race and the Illusion of Progress in Professional Sports,” is a rigorously researched series of conversations with people who’ve been handicapped by racism. Feinstein, who is white, admits he will never know how to walk a mile in their shoes, but he talked to more than 100 people to help bring all of us into the arena.