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A Mysterious High School Football Team: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The Week
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
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Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Posted on · On Friday's show: Why Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at disproportionate rates, high school football tackles the coronavirus, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news, and Mark Rothko's son discusses renovations to the Rothko Chapel.
Posted on · Marjorie Herrera Lewis tells the true story of Tylene Wilson, who stepped up to coach the Brownwood football team during World War II.
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We learn why a search warrant was executed at the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Plus, we examine why the number of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally is at its lowest level since 2004. Then, our experts break down the latest political news. We discuss the potential for changes in the state's marijuana laws. And we hear the story of a Texas woman who coached a high school football team during World War II.
Posted on · Writer Michael Hurd tells us more about Texas football during segregation and how those teams overcame the odds to produce championship teams and outstanding players during the Jim Crow era.
Posted on · Katy voters approved the new Legacy Stadium as part of a bond package in 2014.
Posted on · In 1988, Buzz Bissinger uprooted his family and moved to Odessa, Texas, to chronicle the Permian High School Panthers football team in its quest for a state championship. That experience became his acclaimed book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream. Now, after 25 years, a movie and a television series, the […]
Posted on · It’s Election Day! Polls are now open across Greater Houston, as voters cast ballots for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and a number of other statewide offices, as well as for District Attorney in Harris County. There are also ballot initiatives, including Proposition 1, calling for money from the state’s rainy day fund to be diverted to […]
Posted on · A new Frontline documentary exploring the NFLâs concussion crisis premieres Tuesday night. League of Denial examines the impact concussion-related brain disease has had on former players, and what the National Football League is â or is not â doing about it. As we learn more about concussions and their effects, more parents are choosing not […]