&#39;Friday night lights&#39;: Students debate sports&#39; values
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It&#39;s been a long time since Buzz Bissinger moved to Odessa, an epicenter of Texas high school football culture, and spent a season with the Permian Panthers.
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A number of matchups involving local schools this afternoon promise to be spirited and intriguing, hard-hitting and pivotal.
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Though the sports-themed Friday Night Lights failed to dislodge Shark Tale from the top, the critically acclaimed drama grabbed a healthy $20.
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Every Friday night, NewsChannel 11 brings you the Endzone--complete coverage of high school football games in this area and that&#39;s because in West Texas, football stadiums light up the skies every Friday night.
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Attention high school administrators and coaches: Fight Night at the local gym or football field could be coming soon. I hope I&#39;m wrong, but unless schools, players and parents take steps in response to recent news reports, it will happen locally.
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&quot;Friday Night Lights,&quot; written by HG Bissinger, chronicles the 1988 season of the Odessa Permian High School football team.
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It wasn't quite "Friday Night Lights," but Harvard delivered a lights-out "Saturday Night Live" performance in staging its first night football game in the 104-year history of venerable Harvard Stadium.
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Though it will be finished before nightfall, the lights will be shining brightly for this Friday football game. Today&#39;s 2 pm matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings
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Critics of college rankings say universities aren't like their sports teams: you cannot settle who is best with head-to-head competition on the playing field. But in a new paper, a group of economists and statisticians begs to differ.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package of academic reforms in place, the NCAA&#39;s next crusade will address what its president calls a dangerous drift toward professionalism and sports entertainment.
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âFriday Night Lightsâ is a sports movie, but itâs not just âanotherâ sports movie. On the surface, itâsa film based on the HG Bissinger novel of the same title about the events surrounding the
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The movie is too sanitized and not on par with the book. It ignores much for the sake of a PG-13 rating. The book &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; still stirs up anger in Odessa, Texas, for tackling the themes of racism and winning-is-everything.
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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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GAME NOTES: The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Navy Midshipmen are set to square off this weekend in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and this game could be one of the most entertaining tilts on the college football slate.
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DENVER (News 4) &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; is the story of high school football -- TEXAS high school football -- an entirely different world.
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Ok, I&#39;m not a football person. I never really understood the game -- I&#39;d rather see a good play or go to the movies. But &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; shows why football -- especially high school football -- inspire such loyal and rabid fans.
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There are two sports that matter in the Lone Star State, the old saying goes. That would be football and spring football. But donât trust an outsider.