How One 22-Year-Old Convinced Everyone He Was 15, And Then Dominated High School Basketball

07/15/11 Jerry Joseph showed up in Odessa, Texas in 2009, claiming he was a 15-year-old kid who grew up homeless in Haiti. He lived with Permian High School (the one from Friday Night Lights) basketball coach Danny Wright.

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FNF: Mann named preseason all-state kicker

07/18/11 Henderson junior kicker William Mann has been named to the Class 3A preseason all-state team by The Old Coach's Friday Night Football magazine.

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Friday Night Lights Watch (Repost): Let's Go Home

07/16/11 Last night, one of TV's greatest drama about family, community, faith--and, incidentally, football--Friday Night Lights, came to an end on NBC. When this excellent, moving finale aired in February on DirecTV, I reviewed it here. For those of you who have been watching on NBC, I reprint it below. Spoilers, obviously: In my preview column [...]

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