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

As someone who covered Bob Knight’s tumultuous last two seasons at Indiana University, I was fortunate enough to speak with John Feinstein a few times. He once told me that people often asked him if he hated Knight.

Award-winning sportswriter, broadcaster and author John Feinstein died Thursday at his brother Robert Feinstein's home in McLean, Virginia, his family announced. He was 69 years old. Feinstein was a columnist for the Washington Post,