Last Dance by John Feinstein

[mj]

Originally Posted by Jimgolf

John Feinstein spends an inordinate amount of time in his books talking about bad calls by officials. At least in this one he digs a little deeper and finds out the whole story, instead of just taking a coach's word for what happened.

I have read "A March to Madness" and I'm in the middle of "The Last Amateurs". I haven't found anything out of line.

I guess I'll have to check out the one listed above too. I'm a big Feinstein fan.

[TriggerMN]

I have read all of John Feinstein's non-fiction sports books, and I can't remember him bashing officiating. Maybe I'm wrong.

I believe "The Last Amateurs" is about the Patriot League, if I am not mistaken, and Feinstein did the official scorebook at some Patriot League games. I am sure he knew he was part of the officiating team.

[JoeTheRef]

Originally Posted by TriggerMN

I have read all of John Feinstein's non-fiction sports books, and I can't remember him bashing officiating. Maybe I'm wrong.

I believe "The Last Amateurs" is about the Patriot League, if I am not mistaken, and Feinstein did the official scorebook at some Patriot League games. I am sure he knew he was part of the officiating team.

I haven't read any of his books, but I do know he wrote that Bobby Knight story, or one of them. I vaguely remember either on this forum or on a sports talk radio show with Feinstein where Knight personally blames a certain official for totally jobbing him.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by JoeTheRef

I haven't read any of his books, but I do know he wrote that Bobby Knight story, or one of them. I vaguely remember either on this forum or on a sports talk radio show with Feinstein where Knight personally blames a certain official for totally jobbing him.

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