Next Man Up
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Friends: always, I am happy to report, a lengthy list, although some would no doubt prefer to escape: Barbie Drum; Bob and Anne DeStefano; David and Linda Maraniss; Jackson Diehl and Jean Halperin; Lexie Verdon and Steve Barr; Tom and Jill Mickle; Jason and Shelley Crist; Bill and Jane Brill; Terry and Patti Hanson; Bob Zurfluh; Pete Teeley; Al Hunt; Bob Novak; Alex Cion; Phil Hocberg; Wayne Zell; Mike and David Sanders; Vivian Thompson; Bob Whitmore; Andy Dolich; Mary Carillo; Doug and Beth Doughty; David Teel; Beth (Shumaway) Brown; Beth Sherry-Downes; Erin Laissen; Bob Socci; Pete Van Poppel; Fran Davinney; Scott Strasemeier; Eric Ruden; Billy Stone; Mike Werteen; Chris Knoche (though he is a bitter man); Andrew Thompson; Joe Speed; Jack Hecker; the still and always great Dick Hall; Steve (Moose) Stirling; Jim and Tiffany Cantelupe; Derek and Christina Klein; Anthony and Kristen Noto; Roger Breslin; Jim Rome; Travis Rodgers; Jason Stewart; Tony Kornheiser (talk about bitter!); Michael Wilbon; Mark Maske; Ken Denlinger; Matt Rennie; Mike Purkey; Bob Edwards; Tom Goldman; Jeffrey Katz; Mark Schramm; Ken and Christina Lewis; Dick (Hoops) Weiss; Bob Ryan; Little Sandy Genelius; Jennifer Proud-Mearns; David Fay; Frank Hannigan; Mike Butz; Mike Davis; Mary Lopuszynski; Marty Caffey; Jerry Tarde; Mike O’Malley; Larry Dorman; Marsha Edwards; Jay and Natalie Edwards (politics aside); Len and Gwyn Edwards-Dieterle; Brian and Laurie Edwards; John Cutcher and Chris Edwards; Joe Valerio; Rob Cowan; Andy Kaplan; Chris Svenson, and Norbert Doyle, who has seen more football games than anyone I know. Special thanks to my orthopods: Eddie McDevitt, Bob Arciero, and Gus Mazzocca.
Then there are the groups. Swimmers: Jeff Roddin, John Craig, Mark Pugliese, Carole Kammel, Margot Pettijohn, Susan Williams, Amy Weiss, A. J. Block, Danny Pick, Warren Friedland, Marshall Greer, Tom Denes, Peter Ward, Doug Chestnut, Bob Hansen, Paul Doremus, the still-missed Penny Bates, and the ever-patient Mary Dowling. And the FWRH club: Clay Britt, Wally Dicks, and Michael Fell. Coral Springs in ’06 everyone.
Basketball guys: Mike Krzyzewski, Gary Williams, Mike Brey, Tommy Amaker, Frank Sullivan, Rick Barnes, Roy Williams, Jim Calhoun, Phil Martelli, Doug Wojcik, Dave Odom, Jeff Jones, Jim Larranaga, Ralph Willard, Pat Flannery, Emmett Davis, Jim Crews, Billy Taylor, Fran O’Hanlon, Billy Lange, Jimmy Patsos, and Billy Hahn. Not to mention the still-legendary Howard Garfinkel and Tom Konchalski, who will always be the only honest man in the gym.
The China Doll Gang: Red Auerbach, Morgan Wootten, Hymie Perlo, Aubre Jones, Sam Jones, Rob Ades, Jack Kvancz, Joe McKeown, Stanley Copeland, Reid Collins, Arnie Heft, Pete Dowling, Bob Campbell, Chris (the Rookie) Wallace, Stanley Walker, Harry Huang, Herman Greenberg, Joe Greenberg, Alvin Miller, Johnny Auerbach, Stanley Walker, Charles Thornton, Bob Ferry, and, yes, George Solomon. Zang remains with us every Tuesday.
The Rio gang: Tate Armstrong, Mark Alarie, Clay (Lobster Boy) Buckley, and official secretary Terry Chili.
The Feinstein Advisory Board: Keith Drum, Frank Mastrandrea, Wes Seeley, and Dave Kindred. How they do it, I don’t know. Then again, neither do they.
My family always comes last but, as I have said before, certainly not least: Jim and Arlene; Kacky, Stan, and Ann; Annie, Gregg, Rudy, Gus, and Harry; Jimmy and Brendan. Also: Dad and Marcia; Margaret, David, Ethan, and Ben; Bobby, Jennifer, Matthew, and Brian. Danny is now eleven and his latest hero is Bob Woodward. Excellent choice. Brigid is seven and her hero is Norma Rae. Mary Clare Gibbons Feinstein is older than both of them. She is my hero.
About the Author
JOHN FEINSTEIN is the author of a dozen highly acclaimed bestsellers, including books on golf (Caddy for Life, Open, The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled), basketball (Let Me Tell You a Story, The Punch, The Last Amateurs, A Season on the Brink, A March to Madness), football (A Civil War: Army vs. Navy), and other sports. He contributes to the Washington Post, writes a column for America Online, is a contributor to Golf Digest, and is a commentator on National Public Radio and Sporting News Radio. He lives in Potomac, Maryland, and Shelter Island, New York, with his wife and their two children.