H. G. Bissinger's original book is much more critical of Texas football and its social environment than the TV series is.
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Randy Moss Retires from Football at Age 34
One of the most gifted NFL receivers ever suddenly wrapped up his career.
Read More »TV Review: Friday Night Lights – Hello, Goodbye
Never too late to start watching great TV
Read More »TV Review: Glee – “The Rhodes Not Taken”
In "The Rhodes Not Taken," Glee gets very school inappropriate and sex-obsessed.
Read More »TV Review: Glee – “Preggers”
Glee has little music, but lots of lies and emotional development in episode #1.04 "Preggers."
Read More »TV Review: Friday Night Lights – “Expectations”
Friday Night Lights returns with the great Taylor family and their inspired, or soon-to-be, students.
Read More »DVD Review: Friday Night Lights: The Fifth And Final Season
The final season of one of the best high-school shows on television.
Read More »Book Review: Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love, by Dave Zirin
Radical attack on millionaire sports ownership
Read More »Bears vs. Packers: A Chicago Girl’s Perspective
From a non-fanatic's perspective. Bears vs. Packers: do the Bears have enough of 1985's spark to go all the way?
Read More »The 50-Year Punt
Even in the leather helmet days, the Chicago Bears developed a two-sided persona. The defense had a dominance and a swagger. The offense? Well, ...
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