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For the Kids
The UIL and school districts can do better work curtailing concussions
"...for the helmet reputed by some coaches to prevent football concussions. She is in disbelief...."

Dec. 24, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Family Circle
Don Howard's new documentary turns Texas football, cheerleading, and weddings into an anthropological model -- with a little help from Jung.
"...in three parts about Texas-style cheerleading tryouts, high school football, and weddings, and how these cultural rituals -- shot..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Game Plan
The Rock plays a quarterback whose life is altered by the daughter he didn't know he had.
"...is crying is because he’s playing a self-centered superstar football quarterback named Joe Kingman whose perfectly empty, materialistic little..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Remember the Titans
"...their own in the form of this woefully simplistic football-as-metaphor-for-racial-unity flick. I realize I'm a tad out of touch..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

23 Blast
Actor Dylan Baker debuts as a director with this inspirational film about a blind, young football player.
"...the true story of Travis Freeman, a high school football player from Corbin, Ky., who was struck blind after..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Turfcats Player Profile of Robert Quiroga
An interview with a former Baylor Bear and current Turfcat
"...The Austin Turfcats of the newly formed Southern Indoor Football League get their inaugural season started this Saturday, April..."

April 17, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

She's the Man
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night gets a teen-movie rehash in this manic panic of a mess that never rises to even the lowest levels of the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy of errors.
"...their lines home with the walloping force of a football to the forebrain, the film is nearly saved from..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Foul Pay
Football Is Golden
"...UT Head Football Coach Mack Brown draws dollar signs as well as..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Outlaws Training Camp
"...huh kid?) I do have some good news for football fans feeling the harsh sting of the end of..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Sports Post by Ashley Moreno

The Sporting Life
John Posey's Father, Son & Holy Ghost is football on the field on the stage.
"...He replied that rescheduling was no problem, as traditional football powerhouse Florida was playing that day, too -- and,..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Tackling Football’s Dark Side
Cohen New Works Festival: ‘Colossal’ reviewed
"...If baseball is America’s pastime, then football is her guilty pleasure. Sure, it’s thrilling. But it’s..."

March 27, 2013 Arts Post by Jillian Owens

The Damned United
The Damned United is much more than a soccer movie; it's practically Shakespearean in its depiction of the tragedy of Brian Clough, manager of the Leeds United Football Club for only 44 days.
"...Clough served as the manager of the Leeds United Football Club for just 44 days before he was sacked..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jim Brown's Shades of Gray
Spike Lee's latest documentary, Jim Brown: All American, looks at the turbulent life of the "greatest football player ever." Lee and Brown will be in town Tuesday to present the film at the Westgate Cinema.
"...NFL running back whom he regards as the "greatest football player ever" comes as little surprise. What is striking,..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

When the Game Stands Tall
It's all teamwork to the impediment of characterization in this sports drama based the 151-game winning streak of high school football coach Bob Ladouceur.
"...based on sportswriter Neil Hayes’ book about high school football coach Bob Ladouceur, who led his De La Salle..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Then There's This: Double Standard
UT's football losses bring to mind successes of ousted track coach Kearney
"...As the Longhorn football program lurches toward another Saturday of uncertainty in a..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

'DKR: The Royal Scrapbook'
More than just a good gift for grandpa
"...Folgers? Say, a handsome volume festooned with timeworn Longhorn football artifacts from the old timer’s day. Suck it, socks...."

Oct. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

'The NFL Beat': USFL Making NFL Inroads
First NFL minor league in the works
"...As a student in the lifelong class of Pro Football Hype 101, I know one thing is certain: Steeg..."

May 16, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Undefeated
This Oscar-winner for Best Documentary tells a rousing and heartwarming tale of a West Memphis high school football team overcoming the odds.
"...This film about a high school football team of underdogs contains so many of the things..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Express
The story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, is full of heart-pumping stadium heroics and quiet acts of dignity.
"...juicier role out there for an actor than the football coach. Those lucky enough to stumble into such a..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Book Review: I Came As a Shadow by John Thompson
Coach's autobiography is a tale of U.S. sports and U.S. history
"...its periodic convulsions, the dismissal and replacement of 4-year football coach Tom Herman, who had failed to achieve what..."

March 3, 2021 Sports Post by Michael King

My All American
Longhorn legend Freddie Steinmark gets his due in this sports drama
"...Texas football fans sure could use a spot of good news..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Game Changer
A new football culture for Austin bars
"...It's football game day – a Saturday – and the scene..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas State Is on the Rise
Apparently there can only be one good team around town
"...Here’s a challenge for UT football fans: Your team sucks. They don’t know how to..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Old School and High Tech
TVs, iPads, laptops: watching Texas State football
"...televisions on at once, each tuned to a different football game – college on Saturdays, pro on Sundays, natch...."

Oct. 17, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

'The NFL Beat': Real Talk With Amos Lee
On 'Shady' McCoy, PPR vs. non-PPR, and more
"...crew of degenerate geniuses to create a certified fantasy football juggernaut...."

Nov. 23, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Longhorn Ethics
Where is the line between fan club and news for ESPN and UT?
"...for including this weekend's UT/Rice game in their college football top 25 preview page...."

Sept. 1, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Little Giants
"...When Kevin decides to put together a winning pee-wee football league, Danny is ecstatic because his daughter Becky (Waldron)..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Necessary Roughness
"...are woven. Miller is the prissy dean who wants football thoroughly eradicated from academia, Kozak is Bakula's journalism professor/love..."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
A soldier returns home in Ang Lee's war movie
"...Day 2004, during a halftime appearance at a Dallas football game as the culmination of Bravo Squad’s two-week heroes’..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Can We Glean from Charlie Strong's Thrilling Press Conference?
Team's reporters welcome new coach with a handful of boring questions
"...Time within the lives of our fair city’s football fanatics stood still for nearly an hour this morning..."

Jan. 6, 2014 Sports Post by Chase Hoffberger

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