Bill Luster explains his interest in the University of Kentucky fans for this assignment: "Kentucky basketball ties this state together. The majority of people here live and die by the futures of basketball." Patty Hensley, the mother in a family of devout fans, proudly shows off her nails, which she has painted in the Wildcats' blue and white.

Lexington, Kentucky
December 1996

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