Longtime sports journalist, best-selling author refuses to travel to Texas for Final Four over gun laws

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The NCAA men's Final Four tips off at NRG Stadium in Houston Saturday. 

And while this year's games offer the media plenty of storylines, one journalist is skipping the trek to Texas in protest of the state's gun laws.

"I will not, however, be in Houston," Washington Post columnist John Feinstein wrote Thursday, noting he has attended 39 Final Fours. 

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Alex Karaban of the Connecticut Huskies walks during media availability for the Final Four as part of the NCAA Tournament at NRG Stadium March 30, 2023, in Houston. (Brett Wilhelm/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

San Diego State head coach Brian James Dutcher is in his sixth season with the program, but it has taken him 28 years to make it to the Final Four. Mid-major Florida Atlantic is the true Cinderella story that so many root for every year. And the Miami Hurricanes have made an impressive run in this year's tournament.

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But all of those intriguing stories were not enough to make Feinstein forget about the laws he opposes.

"I’m not going for one simple reason: On June 2, nine days after 19 schoolchildren and two teachers were shot and killed at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, I wrote a column urging the NCAA to move this year’s Final Fours out of Texas — the women’s event is in Dallas — until and unless that state passed something resembling meaningful gun legislation," Feinstein said.

The San Diego State Aztecs celebrate defeating the Creighton Bluejays during the Elite Eight of the 2023 NCAA Tournament at KFC YUM! Center March