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December 23, 2015

Sports

How the Hero of Friday Night Lights Won and Lost His Good Name

Brian Chavez was supposed to be the one who made it out of Odessa. It didn’t turn out that way.

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Previously: The original “Friday Night Lights” article, from 1990, reprinted on Longform.

Dave McKenna Deadspin Dec 2015 25min Permalink