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High School Football

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Caraway: "In My Opinion, Skyline Won That Game, and All of the Players are Champions."

    ​This is not the first time Dwaine Caraway has stood up for Skyline High School. Three years ago, back when the Dallas ISD first toyed with tinkering with its magnets, the District Four council member -- and Roosevelt grad -- went to the board of trustees and demanded they keep their hands off Sky ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2011

    Hometown Heroes

    ​This is not the first time Dwaine Caraway has stood up for Skyline High School. Three years ago, back when the Dallas ISD first toyed with tinkering with its magnets, the District Four council member -- and Roosevelt grad -- went to the board of trustees and demanded they keep their hands off Sky ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Concussing Our Kids, One Hit At a Time

    While pro sports finally fess up to the dangers of high-impact athletics, trainers, coaches, parents and lawmakers struggle to curb head injuries that are even more dangerous for kids.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    A Sneak Peek at Web Doc About How Jared Williams's Injury Changed an Entire Community

    On October 1, 2009, 14-year-old Jared Williams, at the time a freshman defensive back on the Pinkston High School varsity football team, was paralyzed from the waist down in a game against North Dallas High School. As The News would explain a few days later: "He had struck his head against another p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    I'll Admit It, I Was Dead Wrong About Todd Dodge

    ​Something I thought I'd never write in 2011: Todd Dodge is the new quarterbacks coach at Pitt. By now I figured Dodge -- who ascended from historic success at Southlake Carroll High School to a gig at North Texas -- would be choosing from primo Division I jobs in the wake of multip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Fragels Rock: A Bagel-Doughnut That Tastes Like Home

    ​Rooting for Ohio State isn't an easy thing for a native Michigander to do. But we Midwesterners believe conference loyalty trumps internecine rivalries (I'm told SEC fans take a different approach), so last night I cheered for the Buckeyes in the Sugar Bowl -- a task made exponentially easier ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    Go For Two

    ​Rooting for Ohio State isn't an easy thing for a native Michigander to do. But we Midwesterners believe conference loyalty trumps internecine rivalries (I'm told SEC fans take a different approach), so last night I cheered for the Buckeyes in the Sugar Bowl -- a task made exponentially easier ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Veterans Day, Meet Texas High School Football Veterans Week

    ​On Veterans Day we stop -- if only for a minute -- to thank all those who have served in our military and fought to provide us the freedom to do things like vote, drink beer, sleep in if we want and, of course, blog insanely and/or sharply and anonymously criticize those who blog.. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Cowboys Stadium to Host, Well, Everything

    You've come a long way, baby.​Cowboys Stadium hasn't yet officially celebrated its 1st birthday. Yet, by my count, the joint in Arlington has already hosted: Pro football College football High school football Pro basketball College basketball A high-school prom A high-school graduation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    A Parade of Carter Cowboys

    ​For no apparent reason, other than this marks the 47th anniversary of when Parade magazine began naming players to its All America High School Football Team, the Sunday supplement today has listed its The Top 10 High School Football Programs. The ranking process was simple enough: They just talli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    GQ Goes in the Trenches With the Writers and Editors at ESPN's Dallas Site

    ​For his new piece about how ESPN's locally focused Web sites are proof that the Worldwide Leader's "thinking bigger than ever," per GQ's headline, New York Magazine contributing editor Gabriel Sherman spent most of his time in Dallas with the likes of Calvin Watkins, Tim MacMahon and other ex-dai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Super Bowl XLV: Century in the Making

    ​In Texas, the old saying goes, there exist only two sports: Football. And spring football. God, after all, decreed Texas Stadium have a hole in its roof so he could look down upon his favorite team. Right? From the old wooden Fair Park Bowl through the Cotton Bowl, Texas Stadium and now the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Super Bowl XLV to Bring Quite the Collection of Gridiron Greats to Woodrow Next Week

    ​Tony Fay started working for the Dallas Mavericks in 1987 as the media relations intern; by the time he left in '99, he was director of communications -- which was no easy feat back then, given that was six months before Mark Cuban bought the then-struggling franchise just off a lockout season. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Corporal Punishment at Dallas Lickin' High School

    The board of education.I'm 44. But I'm about to sound 84. It was a better world when paddling was a part of school. A safer world when "licks" between a teacher and student were punishment rather than perverted pleasure. Hear me out: I'm not condoning the 21 "licks" allegedly applied to the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse

    The board of education.I'm 44. But I'm about to sound 84. It was a better world when paddling was a part of school. A safer world when "licks" between a teacher and student were punishment rather than perverted pleasure. Hear me out: I'm not condoning the 21 "licks" allegedly applied to the b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Quarterback Sneak Attack

    Second Thought combines pigskin and mayhem

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2007
  • Blogs

    May 14, 2007

    The Friday Night Lights Stay on for Dallas Actress Liz Mikel

    Second Thought combines pigskin and mayhem

  • Culture

    January 4, 2007

    Tubal Migration

    TV brings big Break, hot Lights to Dallas actors; plus, theater's best 10 of 2006

  • News

    December 21, 2006

    Dodgeball

    North Texas' new football coach will be fast, furious and fruitful

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2006

    UNT = BCS

    North Texas' new football coach will be fast, furious and fruitful

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2006

    Pick Your Pleasure (or Poison)

    North Texas' new football coach will be fast, furious and fruitful

  • Calendar

    October 5, 2006

    Val Holla!

    Uptown presents parallels in comedy

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2006

    Cue Aretha Franklin

    Uptown presents parallels in comedy

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2006

    Great Scots

    Uptown presents parallels in comedy

  • Film

    October 7, 2004

    Hell of a Catch

    Friday Night Lights goes deep, rare for a movie about football

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Friday Night Lite

    Far away from big cities, big stadiums and big offensive lines, six-man football keeps the game pure

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Getting Madden

    A McKinney family sues Fox for sacking a young quarterback's dream

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