John Feinstein on writing about Bob Knight and the Palestra

We’re joined by bestselling author John Feinstein in Episode 11 of “In The Front Row with Mike Vaccaro”.  A native New Yorker who grew up playing and watching sports, Feinstein went south for college where he attended Duke University.  In Durham is where Feinstein started writing for the school newspaper and found his career path.  While working at the Washington Post, Feinstein had the idea to write his first book.  At 28 years old, that book, “A Season On the Brink”, would become a best-seller.  Based on his time inside the 1985-86 Indiana University basketball team and head coach Bob Knight, that book was the first of 45 he’s penned.  Feinstein recounts his time with Knight and the Hoosiers, why basketball has been a common theme for a number of his books, plus how golf and a football rivalry also became books.  Feinstein’s latest book “Raise A Fist, Take a Knee” might be his most controversial one as he explains the role race has had on sports and why he was the right man to write this book.  All that, plus his broadcasting career and what makes the Palestra such a special basketball arena.