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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:
Arkansas Times, Democrat-Gazette, Morning News, Chronicle of Higher Education, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, USA Today.

About the Author

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.

Visit www.AuthorTracker.com for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins author.

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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, 1959–

Forty minutes of hell: the extraordinary life of Nolan Richardson/Rus Bradburd.—1st 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”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-0-06-169046-4

Richardson, Nolan. 2.Basketball coaches—United States—Biography. 3.Discrimination in sports. 4. Racism in sports. I. Title.

GV884.R525B73     2010

796.323092—dc22

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                                2009030440

EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-196945-4

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