Hoops Hour with Henderson - John McPhee '53 from Princeton Tigers

Hoops Hour with Henderson - John McPhee '53

1 hour 7 minutes Posted Oct 4, 2016 at 2:39 am.

: On growing up in Princeton

: On his writing influences

: On the Princeton classes he teaches

: On his connection to Princeton Athletics

: On competing on “20 Questions” while at Princeton

: On writing for the New Yorker

: On playing basketball at Cambridge

: On Pete Carril

: On writing about Bill Bradley

: On his writing career

: On friend and former Cleveland Cavaliers owner Gordon

: On his interviewing style

: On teaching students today and Matt Henshon ‘91

: On bicycling

: On Bill Bradley’s 2000 presidential campaign

: On his appreciation of great teams

: On Princetonians he’s worked with, including Richard

: On Pete Carril and the building of Jadwin Gym

: On Butch van Breda Kolff ‘45

: On Arthur Ashe and his book Levels of the Game

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John McPhee '53, author of 30 books and a Ferris Professor at Princeton since 1974, grew up in Princeton and has followed Princeton athletics since before his days as a student. His first book, called A Sense of Where You Are, is about Bill Bradley '65.

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Stengel ’77 and Marvin Bressler

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