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• Friday Night Lights

  by Buzz Bissinger + Follow

  Sports Illustrated | September 1990

  The oil-patch town of Odessa, Texas, lives for one thing: the start of the high school football season.

• The Ring Leader

  by Frank Deford + Follow

  Sports Illustrated | May 1999

  The greatest team player of all time, Bill Russell was the hub of a Celtics dynasty that ruled its sport as no other team ever has

• A Life After Wide Right

  by Karl Taro Greenfeld + Follow

  Sports Illustrated | July 2004

  Thirteen years after missing a Super Bowl-winning field goal, the ex-Bill views his worst moment as a step in the right direction