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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | John Feinstein
Tom Izzo did it again. Just when you thought his era of Big Ten dominance might be coming to an end, he pushed this year’s Spartans to a 17-3 conference record, a 26-5 overall mark and an 11th Big Ten regular season title — winning the league by three games over second-place Maryland and Michigan. Izzo turned 70 in January, but in an era when older — and even middle-aged — coaches are hanging up their whistles, he shows no sign of slowing down.
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1 month ago |
shepherd.com | Rick Telander |John Feinstein |Michael Lewis |Andre Agassi
No dynasty in sports history has been more dissected, debated, or discussed than the New England Patriots. And no reporter has done more groundbreaking investigative work on the franchise, its quarterback, Tom Brady, or its coach, Bill Belichick, than Wickersham. But, as much as I love this book for its scoops, it’s the narrative that Wickersham threads that made me say out loud to my wife, “This is freaking insane,” while I read it.
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2 months ago |
washingtonpost.com | John Feinstein
Fran Dunphy walked down the ramp inside the University of Dayton Arena in March 2019, answering questions about his final game as the coach at Temple, an NCAA tournament loss to Belmont. It was almost midnight, but Dunphy patiently answered questions for the Philadelphia media until no one was left.
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2 months ago |
msn.com | John Feinstein
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2 months ago |
washingtonpost.com | John Feinstein
Unless you were a true basketball junkie, you probably didn’t know Ernie Nestor, who died last Sunday at 78. But inside the world of college basketball, his death was both a shock and a tragedy. Nestor was one of those hidden gems in a sport that often overlooks those who don’t coach on TV twice a week“I always felt comfortable when I had Ernie next to me on the bench,” said former Wake Forest and South Carolina coach Dave Odom.
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