Tucson Festival of Books

Another Side of Sports


Is it a sports book or a true crime thriller? A sports book or a satire of college athletics? A sports book or a history of the Black athlete in America? Rus Bradburd, Louis Moore and Keith O'Brien will let you be the judge.


Panelists
Rus Bradburd

Rus Bradburd is the author of four previous books, including "All the Dreams We’ve Dreamed: a Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago’s West Side." He spent 14 seasons coaching Division 1 basketball at UTEP and New Mexico State, and 16 years as a university professor....

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Louis Moore

Louis Moore is a Professor of History at Grand Valley State University. The co-host of the Black Athlete Podcast, he is the author of three books, "I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood," "1880-1915 and We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement," "the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality....

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Keith O'Brien

Keith O'Brien is an award-winning journalist and a New York Times bestselling author. He has written four books and has contributed to multiple publications over the years, including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post and National Public Radio....

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Books:
Big Time
Rus Bradburd
Fiction / Literature
Etruscan Press
January 2024
ISBN 9798988198567
304 pages
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The Great Black Hope
Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback
Louis Moore
Sports
PublicAffairs
September 2024
ISBN 9781541705098
304 pages
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Charlie Hustle
The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
Keith O'Brien
Sports
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
March 2024
ISBN 9780593317372
464 pages
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