A longtime columnist for The Washington Post, he also wrote dozens of books about basketball, baseball, tennis, football and the Olympics.

Award-winning sportswriter, broadcaster and author John Feinstein died Thursday at his brother Robert Feinstein's home in McLean, Virginia, his family announced. He was 69 years old. Feinstein was a columnist for the Washington Post,

John Feinstein wrote more than 40 books, including “A Good Walk Spoiled” (1995), about professional golf, and “A Civil War” (1996), about the Army-Navy football game.