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.
Excellent analysis : www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Excellent analysis : www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I wrote last week after the fans of the T-Wolves and then Doc Rivers spoke out that hopefully this could be the start of a wave. It's horrific that it took the murder of Alex Pretti to make that wave, but a wave is here. Shout out to Victor Wembanyama for being part of it over the advice of Spurs PR
Another excellent piece by a brilliant young writer, Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social @mlb.com @ncaa.bsky.social @ncaaw.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America
World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I wrote last week after the fans of the T-Wolves and then Doc Rivers spoke out that hopefully this could be the start of a wave. It's horrific that it took the murder of Alex Pretti to make that wave, but a wave is here. Shout out to Victor Wembanyama for being part of it over the advice of Spurs PR
Another excellent piece by a brilliant young writer, Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social @mlb.com @ncaa.bsky.social @ncaaw.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America
World Series winner Sean Doolittle, Super Bowl champion Doug Baldwin and college star McKenzie Forbes have strong opinions on a troubled era
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Another excellent piece by a brilliant young writer, Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social @mlb.com @ncaa.bsky.social @ncaaw.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Love the Sports as a Weapon podcast! Thanks, Miguel....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cgG3YCAUFg&t=1s @edgeofsports.bsky.social @coloradosun.com @coloradopublic.bsky.social @espnpr.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Love the Sports as a Weapon podcast! Thanks, Miguel....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cgG3YCAUFg&t=1s @edgeofsports.bsky.social @coloradosun.com @coloradopublic.bsky.social @espnpr.bsky.social
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Confused by the state of college sports? Well, you need a laugh. We all do! Check out "Big Time," a satire that takes place at Coors State University.
January 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Confused by the state of college sports? Well, you need a laugh. We all do! Check out "Big Time," a satire that takes place at Coors State University.
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He's nuts. This is crazy man behavior.
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 AM
He's nuts. This is crazy man behavior.
Sports gambling isn't new. The NCAA being in bed with gambling organizations is. Let's revisit the older hypocrisy: the NCAA, tried to get Hedake Smith the maximum sentence...then tried to employ him. slamonline.com/archives/har... @nkalamb.bsky.social @espn.com @dallasnews.com @texasobserver.org
Original Old School: Hard Knock Life
In case you didn't cop the latest issue of SLAM (and it's still not too late), here's the Old School feature that ran in it. ---Ed.
Stevin "Hedake" Smith finished his
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January 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Sports gambling isn't new. The NCAA being in bed with gambling organizations is. Let's revisit the older hypocrisy: the NCAA, tried to get Hedake Smith the maximum sentence...then tried to employ him. slamonline.com/archives/har... @nkalamb.bsky.social @espn.com @dallasnews.com @texasobserver.org
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Breaking: Hegseth reportedly disguised bomber as Civilian plane, attacked "drug boat" with it. That'd be a war crime: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
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January 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Breaking: Hegseth reportedly disguised bomber as Civilian plane, attacked "drug boat" with it. That'd be a war crime: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
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Nigel Farage, convicts and a good society.
Today’s Free State
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Nigel Farage’s Reform Prison Blues
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January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Nigel Farage, convicts and a good society.
Today’s Free State
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Today’s Free State
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Rosa Parks was violating the law when she took a seat on the front of the bus in Alabama in 1955. @startribune.com @minnesotareformer.com @homelandgov.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Rosa Parks was violating the law when she took a seat on the front of the bus in Alabama in 1955. @startribune.com @minnesotareformer.com @homelandgov.bsky.social
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This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting.
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”
Here's a great podcast, although it's a bit depressing that you have to go to Ireland to get at the ugly truth of America today. Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning are brilliant, funny, and achingly human. @freestatepodcast.bsky.social @dionfanning.bsky.social @nytimes.com
‘Countries must follow international law…starting now! No, starting now!’
Free State podcast on Venezuela, Trump and the age of empire
Free State podcast on Venezuela, Trump and the age of empire
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Here's a great podcast, although it's a bit depressing that you have to go to Ireland to get at the ugly truth of America today. Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning are brilliant, funny, and achingly human. @freestatepodcast.bsky.social @dionfanning.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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Rep. Suozzi Confronts Deplorable Jan 6 Rioters, Minneapolis Mayor Tells ICE To “Get The F**k Out,” and Rep. Kelly Leads Charge To Impeach Kristi Noem
Rep. Suozzi Confronts Deplorable Jan 6 Rioters, Minneapolis Mayor Tells ICE To ‘Get The F**k Out,’ and Rep. Kelly Leads Charge To Impeach Kristi Noem
Fighting back on every front
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January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Rep. Suozzi Confronts Deplorable Jan 6 Rioters, Minneapolis Mayor Tells ICE To “Get The F**k Out,” and Rep. Kelly Leads Charge To Impeach Kristi Noem
Renee Nicole Good.
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Renee Nicole Good.
Excellent year-end piece from David Zirin: www.thenation.com/article/soci... @edgeofsports.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social @espnpr.bsky.social @thenation.com
In a Year of Violent Tumult, the Sports World Was Silent
When the country needed them to speak out, most athletes kept mum—and a few openly embraced embraced Trumpism.
www.thenation.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Excellent year-end piece from David Zirin: www.thenation.com/article/soci... @edgeofsports.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social @espnpr.bsky.social @thenation.com
Tim Hardaway met with Shawn Harrington at Tim's book event. "Killer Crossover" is great, a must-read for hoops fans, Chicagoans, or fans of rags-to-riches stories of growth and endurance. @insidehoops.bsky.social @warriorsofficial.bsky.social @miamiheatofficial.bsky.social @betoorourke.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Tim Hardaway met with Shawn Harrington at Tim's book event. "Killer Crossover" is great, a must-read for hoops fans, Chicagoans, or fans of rags-to-riches stories of growth and endurance. @insidehoops.bsky.social @warriorsofficial.bsky.social @miamiheatofficial.bsky.social @betoorourke.bsky.social
GO Coors State U Silver Bullets! American universities will pay coaches NOT to coach football $250-million this year. (by the way, Trump did not create this system, our universities did it all by themselves) @nkalamb.bsky.social @ncaa.bsky.social @sportingnews.com @espn.com @coloradosun.com
Former coach @rusbradburd.bsky.social explains that college basketball is one big pyramid scheme.
For more of this conversation, including discussion of his new novel Big Time, check out episode 166 of @endofsportpod.bsky.social podcast.
For more of this conversation, including discussion of his new novel Big Time, check out episode 166 of @endofsportpod.bsky.social podcast.
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
GO Coors State U Silver Bullets! American universities will pay coaches NOT to coach football $250-million this year. (by the way, Trump did not create this system, our universities did it all by themselves) @nkalamb.bsky.social @ncaa.bsky.social @sportingnews.com @espn.com @coloradosun.com
www.irishecho.com/2025/11/ever... Best short story collection of the year? @wbez.org @wbez.org.web.brid.gy @chicago.suntimes.com
'Ever surprising, compelling' stories from Chicago
Margaret never took to being called “Marge,” hating, she says, “Americans’ lazy habit of ‘nicknames.’” Nor did she much like her U.S.-born husband’...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
www.irishecho.com/2025/11/ever... Best short story collection of the year? @wbez.org @wbez.org.web.brid.gy @chicago.suntimes.com
Coors State has been showing us the way for a few years now....
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Coors State has been showing us the way for a few years now....
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
@rickkogan.bsky.social @wbez.org @lbez.bsky.social @chicagoreader.com
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.