Hoops Hour with Henderson - John McPhee '53

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.
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