JOHN FEINSTEIN graduated from Duke University in 1977. He worked at the Washington Post for eleven years as both a political and sports reporter. He has also worked at Sports Illustrated and at the National Sports Daily. He is the author of a number of bestselling sports books, including A Season on the Brink, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Civil War, The Last Amateurs, and The Punch. Feinstein is currently a commentator for National Public Radio and Sporting News Radio and an essayist for CBS Sports; he writes columns for AOL and Golf Magazine, and contributes to the Washington Post. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and Shelter Island, New York, with his wife, son, and daughter.