RUS BRADBURD is the author of Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richard (HarperCollins) and Paddy on the Hardwood: A Journey in Irish Hoops (UNM Press). He spent fourteen years as a college basketball coach, working for legends like Don Haskins and Lou Henson. He quit coaching in 2000 to earn an MFA from NMSU, where he currently teaches.