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FILM, MEDIA, AND PERIODICALS
Black Magic
, directed by Don Klores, ESPN Films, 2008. UTEP, University of Arkansas, and Tulsa University all provided media guides for basketball and football.
The following magazines and newspapers were helpful:
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RUS BRADBURD
is an assistant professor at New Mexico State University. His fiction has appeared in the
Southern Review
, the
Colorado Review
, and
Aethlon
. His essays have appeared in
SLAM
magazine, the
Los Angeles Times
, and the
Houston Chronicle
. His first book,
Paddy on the Hardwood
, details his departure from the glamorous world of coaching Division I college basketball. He is currently at work on a novel
and short-story collection. He lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Paddy on the Hardwood: A Journey in Irish Hoops
Jacket photograph © Associated Press
Jacket design by Carol Madden
FORTY MINUTES OF HELL
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bradburd, Rus, 1959â
Forty minutes of hell: the extraordinary life of Nolan Richardson/Rus Bradburd.â1st ed.
   p. cm.
Summary: “An exploration of the politics of race and sports in elite college basketball programs, from the Jim Crow era until today, witnessed through the life of African-American basketball coach and NCAA title winner Nolan Richardson, who took the University of Arkansas to back-to-back Final Four appearances in the 1990s”âProvided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-06-169046-4
Richardson, Nolan. 2.Basketball coachesâUnited StatesâBiography. 3.Discrimination in sports. 4. Racism in sports. I. Title.
GV884.R525B73 Â Â Â Â 2010
796.323092âdc22
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                                2009030440
EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-196945-4
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