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Author of the satire "Big Time." Former college basketball coach, author of "Paddy on the Hardwood," "Forty Minutes of Hell," "Make It Take It," and "All the Dreams We've Dreamed." TV analyst for NM State hoops. Co-founder- Basketball in the Barrio.
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2 weeks away! "Basketball in the Barrio," year 33.... just one dollar gets your kid in for the weekend....and books, chess set, harmonica, poster, shirt, and ball.... @elpasotexas.bsky.social @elpasodemocrats.com @elpasomatters.bsky.social @betoorourke.bsky.social @elpasonews.org

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My copy is on the way ! Can't wait to read this one...

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When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US. When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.

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Year 33 (!) of Basketball in the Barrio coming up! @elpasonews.org @elpasodemocrats.com @elpasotexas.bsky.social @ktep.bsky.social @stevekaplowitz.bsky.social

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Great news: New memoir coming from Bobbito Garcia, the most interesting man in the basketball universe. @koolboblove.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social @wags1680.bsky.social @nbanewyork.bsky.social

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It was my pleasure to chat with Rus about his satirical novel set at the fictional Coors State University, where history professors work concession stands and the English department is banished to tents. It’s all there in his novel about the overemphasis of sports on college campuses.

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Chatting with Ramona Reeves, Drue Heinz winner, about the satire "Big Time" and the mess that college sports has become...... www.bridgeeight.com/interview-wi... @coloradosun.com @nkalamb.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social @nybooks.com

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Zirin with another great piece.... www.thenation.com/article/worl...

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Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...

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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

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It seems weird to post good news in the midst of all this fresh hell but this was a nice surprise, and I'm so grateful to everyone who helped make Say Nothing. www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...

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Timely toon by @claybennett.bsky.social 🤳

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Friday, NM State University, free: I'll discuss the satirical novel "Big Time," teaching everyone the Silver Bullets fight song. Free! 7:30 pm, Milton Hall. @nmsu-sports.bsky.social @nmsu.edu @lascruces.bsky.social @ktsmtv.bsky.social @damienwillis.bsky.social @lascruceslifestyle.bsky.social

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Tucson Festival of Books this weekend! 2:30 pm Saturday. Then 10 am Sunday. Come on out! We'll celebrate the rise of Coors State University! @azpm.bsky.social @mostlybooks.bsky.social @whatsuptucson.bsky.social @tucson.com @uarizona.bsky.social @arizonambb.bsky.social

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BREAKING: Judge in mass firing case orders the Trump administration to reinstate probationary federal workers across multiple agencies.

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This hidden gem of a book surprised and delighted me...set in the NYC music scene. Great complex characters and the gritty subculture....highly recommended. @vineleavespress.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social @ipghq.bsky.social www.star-revue.com/red-hook-aut...

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Well, quite.

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And 🇨🇦 The adults are in the room now. Slava Ukraini Fuvk Putin the war criminal

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Albuquerque pals: at Bookworks, Monday, 6 pm- I'll talk about "Big Time," a satire (sort of) about the corporate takeover at Coors State U--& the wacky faculty campus rebellions. w/Mark Rudd! 6 pm, free! (the event, not the book.) @unm.edu @bkwrks.bsky.social @geoffgrammer.bsky.social

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Teaching this book about Nolan Richardson in schools may be illegal soon--a remarkable story of guts, vision, and overcoming racism. Read it on your own anyway: the history of civil rights in college coaching. @uarkpress.bsky.social @@hbcusports.bsky.social @chriswagner58.bsky.social

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Jonathan PIe is getting to be an important news source. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0n...

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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

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Feb 24! 6 pm. Free! www.bkwrks.com/event/2025-0... @unmpress.bsky.social @unm.edu @newmexicoutd.bsky.social @newmexicoblue2.bsky.social @geoffgrammer.bsky.social

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Amazing that the UTEP admin is silent when Ted Cruz suggests that a grant to study birds is "Woke." elpasomatters.org/2025/02/12/t... @texasobserver.org @texastribune.org @texasmonthly.bsky.social @texaspublicradio.bsky.social @elpasonews.org @elpasomatters.bsky.social @elpasodemocrats.com

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