John Feinstein, a Washington Post sportswriter who became the best-selling author of more than 40 books, including “A Season on the Brink,” an inside look at volatile Indiana University men ...

John Feinstein, a sportswriter and bestselling author of books like A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled, has died.

When John Feinstein’s extraordinary first book, “A Season on the Brink,” came out in 1986, I was starting grad school in journalism at the University of Missouri. I remember feeling awed ...