Stars of Friday Night Lights reunite to relive their story 25 years later - SI.com
Adapted from " Friday Night Lights, 25th Anniversary Edition: A Town, a Team, and a Dream ," by H. G. Bissinger (Da Capo Press, a member of The Perseus Books Group). Copyright © 2015. To buy the book, click here. I took this route once before, at a different time in my life. I was much younger then, in my 30s, when you can still act impulsively and not suffer permanently for it. I didn't know what to expect then, and I don't know what to expect now. A thousand miles through Texas with a thousand memories. But on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the publication of Friday Night Lights, I feel compelled to return. It was a linchpin moment of my life. Return—and not just to famous and infamous Odessa. The controversy that exploded after the publication of the book, in September 1990, made me a marked man. I had to cancel the Odessa stop on my book tour. I had revealed the good of Odessa, because there are many good, honest people there, but I had also exposed thick veins of racism and misplaced academic and social priorities. ) I have been back to Odessa many times since then, often because of the book or its film version but at other times to see people who had become friends for life. Source: www.si.com
