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Hoops Hour with Henderson: John McPhee '53
October 03, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Mitch Henderson '98, the Franklin C. Cappon-Edward G. Green '40 head coach of Princeton men's basketball, talks with 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.
0:57: On growing up in Princeton
3:49: On his writing influences
4:51: On the Princeton classes he teaches
7:10: On his connection to Princeton Athletics
10:11: On competing on "20 Questions" while at Princeton
12:43: On writing for the New Yorker
14:02: On playing basketball at Cambridge
15:00: On Pete Carril
18:21: On writing about Bill Bradley
31:31: On his writing career
36:47: On friend and former Cleveland Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund
38:52: On his interviewing style
42:44: On teaching students today and Matt Henshon '91
49:23: On bicycling
50:18: On Bill Bradley's 2000 presidential campaign
51:30: On his appreciation of great teams
53:34: On Princetonians he's worked with, including Richard Stengel '77 and Marvin Bressler
57:47: On Pete Carril and the building of Jadwin Gym
59:54: On Butch van Breda Kolff '45
1:02:44: On Arthur Ashe and his book Levels of the Game
Opening sequence courtesy bensounds.com & ESPN.
0:57: On growing up in Princeton
3:49: On his writing influences
4:51: On the Princeton classes he teaches
7:10: On his connection to Princeton Athletics
10:11: On competing on "20 Questions" while at Princeton
12:43: On writing for the New Yorker
14:02: On playing basketball at Cambridge
15:00: On Pete Carril
18:21: On writing about Bill Bradley
31:31: On his writing career
36:47: On friend and former Cleveland Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund
38:52: On his interviewing style
42:44: On teaching students today and Matt Henshon '91
49:23: On bicycling
50:18: On Bill Bradley's 2000 presidential campaign
51:30: On his appreciation of great teams
53:34: On Princetonians he's worked with, including Richard Stengel '77 and Marvin Bressler
57:47: On Pete Carril and the building of Jadwin Gym
59:54: On Butch van Breda Kolff '45
1:02:44: On Arthur Ashe and his book Levels of the Game
Opening sequence courtesy bensounds.com & ESPN.
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