John Feinstein
Info & Stats: Sportswriter, Author and Sports Commentator.
Air Dates
John on Tiger Woods: “Pretty sure he’s not the president of my fan club.”
Topics: New book One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game | Book is a professional memoir | Bobby Knight experience | Spending time with great coaches and athletes | Knight allowing him to write a book | Method to Knight’s madness | A Season on the Brink | Would you allow your son to play for Bobby Knight? | Mike Krzyzewski passing Bobby Knight’s win total | Coach K and Coach Knight’s relationship | Ebbs and flows of Knight’s relationships | Damon Bailey | 1991 with Coach K and Bobby Knight behind the scenes | Coach K being upset with Bobby Knight | Coach K and Bobby not talking for 9 years | Coach K story in 1983 | Learning how to fail | Mike Krzyzewski is very loyal | Tiger Woods | Woods and his father Earl | Comparing Earl Woods to Jennifer Capriati’s father Stefano | Earl comparing his son to Gandhi | Tiger telling John he wanted to kill him after he wrote a story about his dad | His and Tiger’s relationship | He and Tiger not agreeing on Earl | Tiger is smart enough to figure out the difference between right and wrong | Navy beat Army last weekend | Navy vs. Army being special |
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John on the Penn State scandal: “It’s tragic.”
Topics: Penn State cancelling their press conference an hour before it was supposed to be held | Penn State is panicking | Reports that Joe Paterno will be gone from Penn State | Thinks it would go better for Paterno if he owns up | This scandal is tragic | Joe Paterno will be remembered for this scandal | Joe will be known more for this scandal than all of his wins | If you can’t believe in Joe Paterno what can you believe in? | Why didn’t Paterno follow this up | Jerry Sandusky | Why Sandusky left in 1999 | Paterno is morally liable | Mike McQueary | Will Joe go peacefully? | Penn State president Graham Spainer will lose his job | Removing Paterno | Paterno needing to answer every question | The Sandusky investigation going on for nearly 3 years | Sandusky still being on campus | Penn State trying to sweep the scandal under the rug |
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John’s reaction when he heard Tiger Woods was pulling out of the 2011 US Open: “Surprised.”
Topics: Tiger Woods | Surprised Tiger is missing the US Open | Hopes Tiger now understands he’s not Superman and needs to take care of his body | I hope Tiger misses more time | Thinks Tiger needs to clear his mind | Thinks Tiger should go away for 6 months | Its unlikely for Tiger to take a lot of time off | Tiger’s sponsors | PGA and British | Majors and Money | Tiger’s dad teaching him he does nothing for free | Tiger’s role models | Michael Jordan | Woods’ mental health | Tiger dominated Golf | Firing Butch Harmon was a mistake | Tiger always wanting to change his swing | Tiger’s career | Tiger facing real adversity when he got in his crash | Tiger is sorry he got caught | No one will tell Tiger to change | Tiger’s dad did the same stuff he did | Earl would have been running with Tiger had he been alive |
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Topics: 2010 Ryder Cup | Rickie Fowler showing heart | Americans falling short | Colin Montgomerie being captain | Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson | U.S. lost the Ryder Cup late Saturday night in the third session | Ryder Cup being so disjointed | Weather | Knowing it would rain in Wales | Not a good weekend for golf | Grading the captains | Monty | Corey Pavin | Singles | Phil playing poorly | Tiger Woods | Not putting pressure on Woods? | Tom Watson on Tiger Woods | Watson said he could fix Tiger’s swing in 15 minutes | Woods running down Jack Nicklaus | Tiger’s mental state | Fans treatment of Tiger | New book; The Rivalry: Mystery At The Army - Navy Game | Tradition | Being in the locker rooms of the Army and Navy | His daughter Bridget | Next book |
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Topics: New Book, Moment Of Glory | 2003 Golf Year led to book | Tiger Woods firing Butch Harmon is where book starts | Book is about the 4 Major winners in 2003, Ben Curtis, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Shawn Michael and the losers | Major Championships, effects on lifetime golfers | Pressure on the Winners and Losers of Major’s | 5 years later for the Golfers |
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Topics: Reaction to Chris Mannix | Coach K not going to the NBA | Duke not what they use to be; Team USA a factor? | Players responding well to Krzyzewski | Reaction to Lindsey Jacobellis | Lindsey Vonn’s injury and pressers | Lindsey having it all set up | Biggest problem with Super Bowl week | If you are injured, leave the field | Tiger Woods’ reactionl; hinding out not surprising him; fans feeling hurt and let down; return to the game | Woods just thinking he can “talk about golf” upon his return? | Woods any more arugent and closed off than he is already? | IMG will control the media upon Tiger’s return.
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Dec 13, 2011 show page with John Feinstein
Hour 1 - Marshawn Lynch, Makes The Seahawks Watchable | The New Email Address | Rick Carlisle (NBA) Interview | Bill Romanowski Goes Off On Raiders
Hour 2 - Romanowski Says Raiders Need To Kill The Boar | Urlacher's Bad Take On Tim Tebow | T.J. Yates (NFL) Interview | Jeremy Piven's Twitter Exchange With Romo
Hour 3 - Blaise In KC Gets The Host Fired Up | John Feinstein (Book) Interview | John Feinstein Interview Cont. | Huge Text Of The Day
Nov 8, 2011 show page with John Feinstein
Hour 1 - Joe Paterno's Pending Exit From Penn State | Paterno Should Have Known Better | John Feinstein (College Football) Interview | A Very Short Segment
Hour 2 - Michael Holley (NFL) Interview | Tribute To Joe Frazier | Justin Tuck (NFL) Interview | Updated Penn State Situation
Hour 3 - Jim Leonhard (NFL) Interview | Calls About Joe Paterno | Huge Email Contest | Trapper In Dana Point Sums Up Joe Frazier And Penn State
Jun 8, 2011 show page with John Feinstein
Hour 1 - Mavs Pull Off Comeback In Game Four | LeBron A No-Show In The 4th Quarter | DeShawn Stevenson (NBA) Interview | Scottie Pippen's Take Is Not Looking Very Smart | Calls About LeBron
Hour 2 - Adrian Wojnarowski (NBA) Interview | Calls And Emails About LeBron | Tim Tebow Swinging A Golf Swing, Dude Is Ripped | Floyd Mayweather's Big Return To The Ring, Against The Wrong Guy
Hour 3 - A Call From Isreal In L.A. | Potheads In Connecticut | John Feinstein (Tiger Woods) Interview | Huge Text Of The Day
Oct 4, 2010 show page with John Feinstein
Hour 1 - Michael Vick Goes Out, Donovan McNabb Gets His Revenge In Philly | Jordan Shipley Takes A Cheap Shot From TJ Ward | Jay Cutler Got Lit Up By The Giants | Recap Of The Weekend's Best Stories | Twitter Follower Tweets Get Read On The Air
Hour 2 - Donte Whitner Calls Out His Buffalo Teammates | Nick Saban Had Some 'Teachable Moments' Against Florida | Joe Moglia (College Football) Interview | A Very Short Segment
Hour 3 - John Feinstein (Author) Interview | The Hit By TJ Ward Was Late And Cheap | Huge Email Contest | Huge Text Contest
Jun 1, 2010 show page with John Feinstein
Hour 1 - Kobe Will Not Allow His Team To Lose Twice In Three Years To Boston | World Cup Players Complain About The New Ball | Kendry Morales Breaks His Ankle In Walk-Off Celebration | Zombie Nation V. Sandstorm
Hour 2 - Rampage Jackson Loses To Rashad Evans | John Feinstein (New Book) Interview | Kobe Bryant Does Not Want To Hear About The Rivalry With The Celtics | Hotline Alarm Is Introduced To The Jungle
Hour 3 - Dallas Braden (Oakland A’s) Interview | Dallas Braden Haiku | Huge Email Of The Day | Huge Text Of The Day
Feb 17, 2010 show page with John Feinstein
Hour 1 - Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis Does Not 'Make Up For It Now' | "Phish" Fans Like Grilled Cheese Sandwiches | Curling Is A Glorified Bar Game | Curling Women Sounding Like Spelling Bee Champ From The 90's
Hour 2 - Chris Mannix Interview (SI.com) | Figure Skating Has Its Own "Ivan Drago" | "Sadie The Scottish Terrier" Cashes In The Westminster Dog Show | Emailers Weigh In On "Sadie" The Champ
Hour 3 - John Feinstein Calls Into The Show (Sportswriter) | Things Not To Bring Up To Women | Huge Email Contest | Huge Text Contest






