Rus Bradburd
@rusbradburd.bsky.social
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.
Best book out of Chicago in a decade: "The Plan of Chicago: a City in Stories" by Barry Pearce. "The Plan of Chicago: a City in Stories". Here with legendary journalist Rick Kogan. wgnradio.com/after-hours-...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Best book out of Chicago in a decade: "The Plan of Chicago: a City in Stories" by Barry Pearce. "The Plan of Chicago: a City in Stories". Here with legendary journalist Rick Kogan. wgnradio.com/after-hours-...
@rickkogan.bsky.social @wbez.org @lbez.bsky.social @chicagoreader.com
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The new Myles Dungan historical novel was a delight! Witty, edgy, smart, it follows the travails of an Irish-born detective in San Francisco in the 1880s....highly recommended. @mylesdungan.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishlitsoc.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The new Myles Dungan historical novel was a delight! Witty, edgy, smart, it follows the travails of an Irish-born detective in San Francisco in the 1880s....highly recommended. @mylesdungan.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishlitsoc.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social
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$50 million buyout at Penn State for the football coach? Well, everyone wants to be Coors State U now!
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
$50 million buyout at Penn State for the football coach? Well, everyone wants to be Coors State U now!
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
"Basketball in the Barrio" is part of El Paso Giving Day...you can help this program in Year 34! elpasogivingday.org/organization...
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Basketball in the Barrio" is part of El Paso Giving Day...you can help this program in Year 34! elpasogivingday.org/organization...
Interesting NYT piece today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o... @edgeofsports.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
Opinion | How to Stop a War
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October 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Interesting NYT piece today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o... @edgeofsports.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
Just ordered this new novel by Irish writer Myles Dungan...already a buzz about it. He's written great nonfiction about the Irish in the American [email protected] @highcountrynews.org @i-echo.bsky.social @irishamleft.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishamerican.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just ordered this new novel by Irish writer Myles Dungan...already a buzz about it. He's written great nonfiction about the Irish in the American [email protected] @highcountrynews.org @i-echo.bsky.social @irishamleft.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social @irishamerican.bsky.social
Chicago Magazine calls Barry Pearce "A modern day Nelson Algren" for his forthcoming book, "The Plan of Chicago: a City in Stories." www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
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Best of Fall: The Modern-Day Algren
Barry Pearce’s stories capture the denizens who define this city.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Chicago Magazine calls Barry Pearce "A modern day Nelson Algren" for his forthcoming book, "The Plan of Chicago: a City in Stories." www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...
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Belfast friends! Tonight, Sept 17, Wednesday! @isdupdate.bsky.social @belfastlive.co.uk @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @gaaofficial.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Belfast friends! Tonight, Sept 17, Wednesday! @isdupdate.bsky.social @belfastlive.co.uk @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @gaaofficial.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social
We've beat cancer?! Great news! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
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September 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We've beat cancer?! Great news! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
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It’s true!
Great podcast, thanks...The "flip side" of my novel "Big Time" is the great Nathan Kalman-Lamb nonfiction book, "The End of Football." We had a great conversation on his podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4sI7...
September 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It’s true!
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Great discussion between @rusbradburd.bsky.social and @nkalamb.bsky.social on this week’s episode of @endofsportpod.bsky.social!
Great podcast, thanks...The "flip side" of my novel "Big Time" is the great Nathan Kalman-Lamb nonfiction book, "The End of Football." We had a great conversation on his podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4sI7...
September 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Great discussion between @rusbradburd.bsky.social and @nkalamb.bsky.social on this week’s episode of @endofsportpod.bsky.social!
Still our best news source, I'm embarrassed to say. But I love Colbert ....and you should, too.
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
August 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Still our best news source, I'm embarrassed to say. But I love Colbert ....and you should, too.
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MAGA makes sure ZERO help is on the way.
That tells you literally everything you need to know about how much they care about our children’s health and safety.
That tells you literally everything you need to know about how much they care about our children’s health and safety.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
August 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
MAGA makes sure ZERO help is on the way.
That tells you literally everything you need to know about how much they care about our children’s health and safety.
That tells you literally everything you need to know about how much they care about our children’s health and safety.
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We must resist Trump- and everything he represents- with everything we have, before it is too late.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We must resist Trump- and everything he represents- with everything we have, before it is too late.
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Great podcast, thanks...The "flip side" of my novel "Big Time" is the great Nathan Kalman-Lamb nonfiction book, "The End of Football." We had a great conversation on his podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4sI7...
August 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Great podcast, thanks...The "flip side" of my novel "Big Time" is the great Nathan Kalman-Lamb nonfiction book, "The End of Football." We had a great conversation on his podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4sI7...
The "flip side" of my novel "Big Time" is the great Nathan Kalman-Lamb nonfiction book, "The End of Football." We had a great conversation on his podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4sI7... @collegefootballcfn.bsky.social @collegefootball.bsky.social @arneduncan.bsky.social
Episode 166: Pyramid Scheme
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August 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The "flip side" of my novel "Big Time" is the great Nathan Kalman-Lamb nonfiction book, "The End of Football." We had a great conversation on his podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/4sI7... @collegefootballcfn.bsky.social @collegefootball.bsky.social @arneduncan.bsky.social
Thanks, Las Cruces Bulletin, for this insightful review of "Big Time." Go Coors State! @lascrucesbulletin.bsky.social @garyparrishcbs.bsky.social @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social @collegefootballcfn.bsky.social www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/nove...
Novelist Rus Bradburd makes us laugh over a serious subject - Las Cruces Bulletin
In Rus Bradburd’s new comic novel, “Big Time,” there ain’t no DEI, CRT or other “troublesome” abbreviations at the reimagined Coors State University. …
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August 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Thanks, Las Cruces Bulletin, for this insightful review of "Big Time." Go Coors State! @lascrucesbulletin.bsky.social @garyparrishcbs.bsky.social @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social @collegefootballcfn.bsky.social www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/nove...
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A new volume by Belfast author Peadar Thompson records the total number of GAA members killed in the conflict in the North including Bellaghy-native Sean Brown who was abducted and murdered by the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) on May 12, 1997.
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Lost Gaels features the testimony of Sean Brown’s family and other GAA members killed in the conflict
A new volume by Belfast author Peadar Thompson records the total number of GAA members killed in the conflict in the North including Bellaghy-native Sean Brown who was abducted and murdered by the Loy...
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December 6, 2024 at 11:54 AM
A new volume by Belfast author Peadar Thompson records the total number of GAA members killed in the conflict in the North including Bellaghy-native Sean Brown who was abducted and murdered by the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) on May 12, 1997.
www.derryjournal.com/community/lo...
www.derryjournal.com/community/lo...
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When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
August 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.
If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq
Here's the best book I've read in years. Purely Chicago, immigrant stories. Brilliant. @chicagoreader.com @blockclubchi.bsky.social @wttw.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Here's the best book I've read in years. Purely Chicago, immigrant stories. Brilliant. @chicagoreader.com @blockclubchi.bsky.social @wttw.bsky.social
Best documentary film I've seen since "Chi-Town": "Home: the Zak Moradi Story." Watch on RTE. Incredibly powerful and beautiful....and so important today. Congrats to the One Foundation and Zak. @leitrimgaa.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
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Home: The Story of Zak Moradi
Home: The Story of Zak Moradi tells the story of a refugee born in a camp in war-torn Iraq on the day the Gulf War began. Watch Home: The Story of Zak Moradi on RTÉ Player for free
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July 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Best documentary film I've seen since "Chi-Town": "Home: the Zak Moradi Story." Watch on RTE. Incredibly powerful and beautiful....and so important today. Congrats to the One Foundation and Zak. @leitrimgaa.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
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