Beneath âFriday Night Lights,â Football is Life
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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 AFC championship game will be played 6:30 p.m. EST next month, meaning a potentially frosty atmosphere in Pittsburgh or New England.
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The image-conscious N.F.L. got the matchup it wanted for Super Bowl XLII: two popular teams and two attractive quarterbacks with compelling stories.
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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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CHICAGO - That UFO you might see whizzing over Thursday night&#39;s Florida State-North Carolina State football game is not just a camera - it&#39;s the link between televised football and the video games they seek to mimic.
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FOXBOROUGH - When Patriots receiver Jabar Gaffney squirted into the end zone in the second quarter of the AFC Championship win over the San Diego Chargers, he celebrated his touchdown by writhing in a manner that suggested he was mimicking the "lights out" dance that Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman is known to perform after a big sack.
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Hovering over a football field on a cat's cradle of cables, aerial camera systems provide a unique viewpoint for fans watching at home.
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When the N.F.L. added a weekly Thursday night game to this yearâs late-season schedule, it added more midweek stress to the coaching profession.
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Yes, there are cliched figures. Yes, if Billy Bob Thornton says &quot;Let&#39;s go&quot; one more time, you may want to scream. Yet, &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; may be the best football film ever made.
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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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EUGENE, Oregon  - New lights are shining on an old sport in this American university town.
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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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From golf with football legends to a parade of illuminated boats, hosting Super Bowl XXXIX is the city's moment in the sun.
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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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Friday Night Lights is a lousy name for a very good movie. Relax, I know the title is based on investigative journalist HG Bissinger&#39;s 1990 book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dream, acclaimed
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The new stadium the Jets and the Giants are scheduled to occupy in 2010 will be distinguished by an outer skin and interior lighting that will switch colors depending on which team is playing at home.
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For most of us these days, football is nothing more than a TV show, a snappy montage of familiar uniforms, highlight plays and stat lines.