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    We Will RISE.    Steve Beaven   A true story of tragedy and resurrection in the American heartland. Author and writer Steve Beaven takes on a powerful and sensitive story that happened more than four decades ago in his book We Will Rise.     The book covers the unfortunate tragedy that took place in Evansville, Indiana in 1977 impacting the members of the basketball team, their families, and the community at-large. A surprisingly obscure story that is reminiscent of what happened earlier in the decade with the Marshall University football squad.    One major difference is that story developed into a major movie "We are Marshall " featuring Matthew McConaughey as a newly hired coach trying to literally rebuild a football team.      In this case the tragedy enveloped the basketball program in the mid-December flight headed to Middle Tennessee State University for their next game. The first 90 pages or so cove...

  Buying In.   Aaron Miller. Big-Time Women’s College Basketball and the Future of College Sports. The phrase “buying in” can mean a lot of different things.      For some it may infer a belief in a culture or system.     In other cases, it may be a movement for giving something new, or venerable, a chance to blossom.     Both sentiments are very likely in Aaron Miller’s highly detailed book, Buying In. This is a report about college athletics with a strong slant towards women's sports, particularly women's college basketball.     Miller provides many case scenarios, observations, and suggestions for how to change and make better of the college game.    It is written with the intent to promote women’s sports but also for the betterment of all college athletes especially regarding academics, quality of life and now appropriate compensation.    The story starts and revolves around the ...