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Austin Wranglers Season Opener Sunday
"...More interesting than Canadian football and better smelling than the European league, arena football..."

March 2, 2007 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

The New Moneyball in National Champions
Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits
"...another, more personal factor. His 14-year-old sons are both high school football players. "They've got dreams of going all..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Treatment for the Really, Truly (No Kidding This Time) 'Last Picture Show'
The Rolling Roadshow takes over Archer City to screen Bogdanovich's classic among the people who inspired it
"...FADE IN: A two-lane highway a few miles from Archer City, Texas. The red..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Putting Himself 'Out Here'
Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.
"...Rick Garcia repeatedly describes the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School where he teaches Theatre Arts and English to..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Another Texas Honor for Manziel
Johnny Football and the Syrian Kid
"...Who’s the greatest Texas football player of Middle Eastern descent? According to the reference..."

Jan. 26, 2013 Sports Post by Michael Corcoran

'Out of Bounds': AusChronSports
Sports? In the 'Chronicle'? Yep.
"...to get the latest injury update on the UT football team or in-depth high school football coverage, but I..."

Dec. 17, 2011 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Catastrophe and the Cure
Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album
"...a tornado, a rainbow over a misty stretch of highway, and other scenic photos of distant mountain ranges and..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Film News
'Friday Night Lights' on the small screen – and in Idaho? Plus, the several recent successes of Tommy Lee Jones, 'Roller Girls,' Mike Judge, and more.
"...H.G. Bissinger's famed true story of Eighties Odessa Permian High School football, has signed on to write and direct..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Out at the Movies
Equinox Knocks
"...He's a high school quarterback whose throwing arm is the ticket to..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature

The Common Law
Can I get a hardship driver’s license for football practice?
"...I'm 15 years old and play football at an AISD high school. It's difficult for my..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Column by Luke Ellis

Nothin' No Better
The death and new life of a small Mississippi town
"...semi. The hand-me-down feel of the patchwork uniforms the high school football team wears as they practice on a..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Turkey Bowl
Small-town hijinks over a football game rescheduled by 20 years
"...couldn't, how could you have this story about an ex-high school football star who gets dragged back to his..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review

Stonewall
A Midwestern boy comes out amid the backdrop of the Stonewall Riots
"...proclivities. He’s been shunned by his dad (Cubitt), the high school football coach, and denied by his former suck..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gabriel Luna for the Gooooooaaaaaal!
Soccer and Spy games collide in El Rey's 'Matador'
"...2010). He's no stranger to knockaround sports either, playing high school football as a strong safety. That helped more..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Patterson Tars and Feathers Patrick as Chicken Hawk
GOP primary run-off drags up war service and draft dodging claims
"...had a debilitating knee injury from his time playing high school football...."

May 9, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Hell's Belle
'Hellion' marks Kat Candler's long road to overnight success
"...few independent films, leading her to team with Stacy Schoolfield and Lorie Marsh on her second feature...."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

A Super Bowl to Remember
Who Dat nation rejoices
"...more than would seem logical considering it's just a football game...."

Feb. 8, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Solar Car Race Enlightens, Enriches Students
12th annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge revs up, takes off
"...Here's an idea: If high school-aged kids want to drive around, make them design..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Short Cuts
Credit where credit is due: Bill Broyles takes on Brian Grazer in The New Yorker.
"...are looking for a few good men to play footballers in their upcoming adaptation of H.G. Bissinger's Texas high..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Limbo
"...are fortyish and tentative about love. Joe was a high-school football star whose knee prevented him from turning pro..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Scarlet Letter
"...over a bad speaker system during half-time at a high-school football game. And his love scene with Demi Moore..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere
3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival
"...in their friendship. But this is challenged when the school’s matron divides them. Cast: Rima Te Wiata, Erana James,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pause/Play
Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer
"...a stretcher near a sign that reads CAUTION. VERY HIGH RADIATION AREA. Shapter greets the man, and they compare..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Naked City
"...going up – the station across Airport Boulevard from Highland Mall has been completed, and the one at Airport..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup
Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners
"...all that we do, from our insane devotion to high school football to our communal spirit of filmmaking in..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Freedom of Speech Is the Trump-All Virtue
"...declaration that God might choose a side in a high school football game, there is reason for skepticism here...."

Oct. 22, 2012 Postmarks

A 'Bullet' to the Gut
In The Bullet Meant for Me, his new memoir, Texas Monthly writer Jan Reid explains why he went to Mexico and was forced to return as a changed man.
"...his inability to live up to the Texas Ranger school of manhood ("the courage of a boy child born..."

March 29, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave
New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton
"...abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Grant). Fathers of Football D: Bradley Beesley Fathers of Football follows the triumphs..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Happy Feet!
'You listening to the ooold school – KUTX, nine-eight-nine!'
"..."You listening to the Ooold School, with John E. Dee!" announces Hanson at the end..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Turfcats Announce Player Signings/Tryouts and More
Our own Southern Indoor Football League team gets the ball rollin'
"...The Austin Turfcats of the Southern Indoor Football League held a big shindig for the media on..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

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