Blog #1

Last Shot
By: John Feinstein

“All the basketball coaches in the world go to the final four” Stevie said “It’s like a convention or something” (Feinstein, 7). Stevie is the main character, and he loves college basket ball. The quote above tells a lot about the book. Stevie’s dream was to become a collegiate sports writer. One way for him to reach this goal was to enter a writing contest sponsored by the USBWA. So he wanted to enter the contest, to witness the final four and have the opportunity to report. All of this began when he was young. His dad would bring him with to games and this led to his dreams of being a sports writer.
I was happy when he won the chance to be the reporter for the games. But, he had to share this opportunity with Susan Carol. Susan was very smart, athletic and pretty and this was tough for Stevie. His first reaction to her was obvious, “The first thing he noticed was that she was about nine feet tall. He looked down at her feet, figuring she was wearing heels. More bad news. She was wearing flats”(12). He also did not like that she was a Duke fan. She was always one step ahead of him. She finished her report first, and had more connections to famous coaches, like Coach K. He eventually writes a story that a lot of people liked. Also, though he claims to not like her they hang out all the time.