Season 3 Episode 3 John Feinstein

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Andy Pollin's DC Podcast

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Andy this week sits down with author and sportswriter John Feinstein to look back on his long career successful career in Washington.  They start as he grew up in New York in a family steeped in the arts (1:40), swimming against Mark Spitz once (4:37), meeting Dean Smith while a student at Duke (11:46), landing at the Washington Post (16:09), covering Maryland & Lefty Driesell (21:04), Bobby Knight and how "Season On The Brink" came together (30:32), the rise of his book writing career (41:25), becoming connected w/ Army & Navy football (53:48), the current state of college basketball (1:02:44).  Finally, "Old School Andy" on the tale of Howard Porter (1:10:40).