It released to DVD later in 2002.įeinstein's book Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story was released in 2004. During its original airing on ESPN on March 10, 2002, the film was presented uncensored for profanity, while a censored version was simulcast on ESPN2. It starred Brian Dennehy in the role of Bob Knight. In 1995, he published A Good Walk Spoiled, about a year on the PGA Tour as told through the stories of 17 players.įeinstein has also written a sports-mystery series for young adults in which main characters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are reporting on major sporting events including the Final Four, US Open (tennis), Super Bowl, World Series, the Army–Navy Game, and the Summer Olympics.Ī Season on the Brink was adapted to film with an ESPN production of the same title. His book A Season on the Brink chronicles a year in the life of the Indiana University basketball team and its coach, Bob Knight. ( February 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įeinstein has written 44 books. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Together, Chip, Stevie, and Susan Carol go through twists and turns of the plot, finding out that the people they thought they could trust cannot be trusted, and that the people they thought were responsible for the blackmail are in fact not involved in the way that they assumed.This section does not cite any sources. Chip joins the two student reporters in the investigation to uncover who is responsible for the plot to blackmail him and why. They concoct a story to get into Chip's hotel room and confront Chip with the information they overheard. After overhearing the situation, Stevie and Susan Carol struggle with what to do with the information they've acquired and who they can tell the story to help them stop the blackmail.Īs Stevie and Susan Carol start their own investigation, they enlist the help of the blackmailee, Chip Graber. What the two take away from the conversation is that Chip is being blackmailed to throw the championship game between MSU and Duke.

While looking around in the area where CBS sets up during the Final Four, Stevie and Susan Carol overhear a conversation between the star player for MSU, Chip Graber, and an unknown man in charcoal gray suit. As winners of the contest, Stevie and Susan Carol act as student reports covering the Final Four in New Orleans.

Basket ball Writers Association essay contest. Both kids are in junior high and winners of the U.S.

The story follows the two main characters, Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson. Feinstein is a Duke graduate and former sports writer. Last Shot is a novel by the best-selling author John Feinstein.

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