Little Odessa

"...realized that it seems cold to the touch, Little Odessa fittingly harks back to the great themes in Russian..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bats Debut New Goalie, Play Admirably, but Lose 2-1 to Odessa at Home

"...18 saves on 20 shots. Brian Swiniarski of the Odessa Jackalopes slapped a rebound past Quesada 11:56 into the..."

Jan. 13, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Day Trips: Stonehenge Replicas, Ingram and Odessa

The allure of Stonehenge comes to Texas

"...campus of the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa. Made of 40,000-pound stone blocks arranged to match the..."

July 24, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Elmo May Be in for Odessa Special Election

Libertarian may be running in both special and general election in House District 81

"...general candidate Elmo Hockman, who wrote to Newsdesk from Odessa this morning: Although I have not filed yet, there..."

July 9, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Elections Two-for-One in Odessa

Perry calls special election for same day as regular election in House District 81

"...joke goes, but it seems that the residents of Odessa may need to cast their vote for House District..."

July 8, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bats Pound Odessa 5-2 on the Road Friday Night

"...the Ice Bats 5-2 victory over the Jackalopes in Odessa tonight: 1) they converted two of their four power-play..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Aztex Beat Midland/Odessa, Clinch Division Title

Aztex move to 9-1-1 on the season

"...The decisive goal against the second-place Midland/Odessa Sockers came on an Aztex counterattack, with Eddie Campbell..."

July 6, 2014 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Little Odessa

"...in the Russian émigré community of Brighton Beach, Little Odessa tells the story of a prodigal hit man, Joshua..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...that Reyos murdered Father Patrick "Paddy" Ryan in an Odessa motel on Dec. 21, 1981 – although he was..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Friday Night Lights

H.G. Bissinger’s classic book about the secular religion of high school football was lovingly adapted for film prior to becoming a TV show.

"...of the book and the movie: the portrait of Odessa, Texas – home of the Permian High School Panthers..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ice Bats Win in OT, Force Game Three

"...Wednesday night. After losing game one – 4-1 in Odessa – of this three-game series against the Jackalopes, the..."

March 27, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Two Lovers

Joaquin Phoenix (in what he claims is his last film role) stars as a nebbishy New Yorker caught between two very different women.

"...few other directors ever have. His films – Little Odessa, The Yards, We Own the Night – glint and..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Yards

"...aspects to this second feature by James Gray (Little Odessa), among them Howard Shore's ominous score, which never lets..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

"...runs out of rounds (a nifty take on Eisenstein's Odessa Steps sequence runs back-to-back with a similar bit from..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Abbott Issues “Safety Action Report” on Gun Violence

Recommendations long on surveillance, short on gun restrictions

"...to recent Texas mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa. It’s likely to have about as much impact as..."

Sept. 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Film: From Russia With Subs

The unbelievable true tale of submarine smuggling in Operation Odessa

"...to a Colombian drug cartel? It’s no joke. Operation Odessa tells a true-crime story so surreal, you’ll swear that..."

March 13, 2018 Screens Post by Moisés Chiullán

Half a World Away, and at War

How one journalist went from a desk job to covering the war in Congo

"...The Odessa-born journalist Bryan Mealer knew he didn't want a desk..."

May 16, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Ice Bats Eliminated From Playoff Contention

"...final playoff spot in the CHL's Southern Conference over Odessa and Lubbock and excluded Austin from playoff contention. The..."

March 21, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Letters at 3AM: BigBoy's 'Slap Noir'

James BigBoy Medlin's 'Slap Noir' changed my life in a most concrete fashion

"...Achilles, Texas, is, by some uncanny coincidence, very like Odessa, Texas – the town where Mr. Medlin was raised...."

March 7, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

The Flatlanders

"...The FlatlandersThe Odessa Tapes (New West)..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Chronology of a Murder: Dec. 21-22, 1981

"...4) 7:30pm-midnight – Odessa, Texas: Under an assumed name, Father Ryan checks into..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature

Soccer Watch

"...four games each against the Houston Dutch Lions and Midland/Odessa Sockers, and three each against the Brilla and Laredo..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips

Stonehenge? In Texas? Yup, yonder down in Odessa.

"...the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa would attract more than a little attention?..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Odessa Meteor Crater is the site of a serious intergalactic impact

"...The Odessa Meteor Crater wouldn't have looked like much more than..."

April 18, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Friday Night Lights

'Friday Night Lights' is the story of Odessa's Permian High School football dynasty in the 1980s. It's a good story, but did Hollywood pull off a film rendition of Odessa high school football?

"...Friday Night Lights is the story of Odessa's Permian High School football dynasty in the 1980s. It's..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Review by Ed Baker

Death Watch: A Startling Last-Minute Claim of Innocence

New evidence emerges in case of man slated for March 8 execution

"...the 1994 murders of Manuel and Merced Aguirre in Odessa and points blame at another man. Gonzales' attorneys, Richard..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Finding Writer's Voice

Suzan-Lori Parks isn't coasting, 'cause she's still listening

"...and they were like, "Oh, you're pretty much from Odessa? Huh. Ya know, I drive through there on the..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Home Grown

Why Chef Louis Lambert's Palate Is a Product of his Texas Roots

"...Lambert's mother. See, it's her turn to host the Odessa Poker Club and Lou's doing his part to ensure..."

April 26, 2002 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Going Public

A new Sunset Commission report recommends opening Texas' public lands to use by the public as parkland.

"...In Odessa, residents enjoy greater access to numerous sports thanks to..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Point Austin: Hanging Fire on Gun Control

After yet more deaths, Texas leaders vow to do ... something

"...as have too many Texans recently in El Paso, Odessa, and Midland (and many venues less notorious). He got..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Column by Michael King

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