Sportswriter John Feinstein, 69, died on March 13, likely of a heart attack, the New York Times reports. Feinstein was the author of more than 40 books about basketball, baseball, tennis, football, golf, and the Olympics, including 1986’s A Season on the Brink. Last year, he published Five Banners: Inside the Duke Dynasty (Duke University Press) and The Ancient Eight: College Football’s Ivy League and the Game They Play Today (Grand Central).
