WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT THE CHICAGO HUSTLE?  Try "Mad Seasons:  A History of the first Women's Professional Basketball League (1978-81)" (2006), released by the University of Nebraska Press in May 2006.  The book is available here from Amazon.com or here from Barnes & Noble.com.  354 pp., 22 photos, detailed source notes, and index.

"Mad Seasons" features Chicago Hustle veterans Doug Bruno, Donna Geils (now WNBA President Donna Orender), Janie Fincher, Sue Digitale, Rita Easterling, Tanya Johnson, Karen Logan, Charlene McWhorter, Paula Mayo, Tesa Duckworth, Adrian Mitchell, Jody Rajcula, Chris Critelli, Inge Nissen, Vonnie Tomich, Althea Gwyn, and others.

Also, three chapters that did not make it into the book and an interview with yours truly are available at Kim Callahan's womensbasketballonline.com.

Click here for a list of chapters and their general subject matter.

Donna Geils (now WNBA President Donna Orender) is appreciated by a young Hustle fan.

Janie Fincher and Breena Caldwell strategize

"Queen of the Floor Burns" Rita Easterling gets another one.