One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game - Hardcover

Feinstein, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316079049 ISBN 13: 9780316079044

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2011

Synopsis

John Feinstein's illuminating recollections from two decades of interviews with sports legends.

John Feinstein's career is a sports fan's dream-a lifetime of encounters with the great figures in sports, not just on the field, but in the locker room and behind the scenes with legends like Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and John McEnroe.

Since his days as a young Washington Post journalist, Feinstein has written twenty-eight books and countless magazine articles and newspaper columns, covering college basketball, golf, tennis, baseball, and very nearly every sport in between. He has told us of victory and defeat, of athletes and coaches we love--and love to hate. But some of his best stories have been left untold, until now.

One on One is an incredible portal into the sports we love-from the box scores and the pageantry of game night and into the hard work and intensity that turn players and coaches into legends.

About this title

About the Author:

John Feinstein is the bestselling author of Moment of Glory, Are You Kidding Me?, Living on the Black, Let Me Tell You a Story, Caddy for Life, Open, The Punch, The Last Amateurs, The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Civil War, A Season on the Brink, Play Ball, Hard Courts, and two novels. He writes for Inside Sports, Golf, Tennis Magazine and Basketball America and commentates on NPR and CBS.

Review:

PRAISE FOR JOHN FEINSTEIN

"One of the best sportswriters alive."―Larry King, USA Today

"Feinstein is the most successful sportswriter in America...He has the gift of re-creating events known to us all while infusing them with excitement, even suspense."―Jay Nordlinger, The Wall Street Journal

"Feinstein's genius is his ability to peel back several layers on the personalities involved...reminding you in the process that even the most obscure players have a story worth telling."―Sam Weinman, Golf Digest

"Fascinating...[Feinstein's] work, like that of the best American sports writers, is richly detailed and emotionally articulate...Feinstein's storytelling is so compelling, his understanding of the structural cruelties and emotional consequences of winner-takes-all competition so acute."―David Goldblatt, The Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0316079049
• ISBN 13: 9780316079044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544