Football film filled with bright &#39;Lights
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&quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; is set in the town of Odessa, Texas, located on the flat, windswept plains of the state. Odessa is a hard-scrabble oil industry hub best
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Sports fans have been waiting a long time for a 1990 book called &quot;Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream&quot; to come to the screen.
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But it&#39;s on the high school level where passion for football turns into obsession. No wonder. It&#39;s the most populist version of the sport, where men can live the dream and make memories that last far beyond their ability to play.
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&quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; is one of the best books I&#39;ve read about American sports - in large part because it&#39;s about much more than sports.
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It might not have been a classic in straight footballing terms, but as a spectacle it certainly lived up to the hype, and the fallout from that match at Old Trafford last Sunday has kept the inmates here at Soccernet Towers thoroughly entertained.
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What was supposed to be a showcase for two of the best football teams in the state turned into a showcase for one.
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One film that caught the fancy of just about everyone at the recently
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com. After every game, win or lose, the Tennessee Titans carefully watch the film to better analyze what happened on the field. When the Titans watch the reel
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&quot;Friday Night Lights,&quot; a cinematic chronicle of high school football in Texas, debuted in theaters Friday night after meeting the approval of a few Steelers who happened to view a sneak preview Thursday.
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FOXBOROUGH -- The new fake field is electric green; think Jay Gatsby lawn party. It will look spectacular on your high-definition plasma television. It'll look even better if you are sitting on the 40-yard line when the Patriots and Bears kick off this afternoon.
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it&#39;s the sport that won&#39;t die, no matter what. You can have gamblers, psychotic fans, spouses that blab and players who cork.
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One of the best events in sports is happening this weekend, but I&#39;d be surprised if many of you know about it because I&#39;m not talking about a marquee college football matchup or the Yankees-Red Sox series.
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The Saturday night football series is built on games starring highly ranked or well-known schools and has been a huge success this season.
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It&#39;s just a movie, and not only that, it&#39;s a movie based on a nonfiction book about high school football, &quot;Friday Night Lights,&quot; which has become a classic indictment of our sports culture and obsession with winning.
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It&#39;s hard to decide whether this fixture is a quaint anachronism, a free-flowing tribute to the game&#39;s glorious, money-free past or naked commercial opportunism.
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By Sara Ganim, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Feb. 3--It might take a bit of re-wiring for Centre County residents to watch the Superbowl in high-definition for the first time Sunday.
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Real Madrid player and England captain David Beckham is all set to light the silver screen on fire by starring in his first feature film.