Exceptionally knowledgeable about the college basketball world, Feinstein has a fine time lampooning broadcaster Dick Vitale and the bureaucrats who populate the NCAA itself. The story is intriguing, the dialogue snappy and the finale exciting.“ Last Shot is a brisk novel set in the madness of the NCAA’s Final Four. Last Shot is Feinstein’s first entry into fiction for young people, and it’s an impressive one. “You’ll feel as if you have a courtside seat at the SuperDome. “Score! That’s exactly what author John Feinstein does with this mystery.” -Dallas Morning News He writes as if he’s having a fine time at the keyboard, and the result will entertain not only young readers, but the oldsters looking over their shoulders as well.” -Boston Globe Remarkably, Feinstein pokes holes in the illusions without diminishing the excitement of the games themselves as seen through the eyes of two eighth-grade reporters. The blackmailing plot that unfolds over the course of Final Four weekend threatens a student-athlete who isn’t a student, implicates an ethics professor with no ethics, and otherwise introduces to young readers the sleaze beneath the glitter of college basketball’s biggest show. “ Last Shot is a brisk novel set in the madness of the NCAA’s Final Four. “One of the best sportswriters alive!”-Larry King, USA Today on A Good Walk Spoiled “A basketball junkie’s nirvana.”- Sports Illustrated on A March to Madness “Feinstein’s beat, it turns out, isn’t sports it’s human nature.”- People on A March to Madness “The best writer of sports books in America today.”- The Boston Globe Now they have just 48 hours to figure out who is blackmailing one of MSU’s star players.

Steven and his fellow winner, Susan Carol Anderson, are nosing around the Superdome and overhear what sounds like a threat to throw the championship game. It’s a basketball junkie’s dream come true!īut the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. Basketball Writer’s Association’s contest for aspiring journalists. Steven Thomas is one of two lucky winners of the U.S.

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