A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist uncovers a slice of small-town American culture by describing how the lives of the people of Odessa, Texas, revolve around the high-school football team, accompanied by a new afterword that looks at the town and the members of the team a decade later. Reissue. (A Universal Pictures film, directed by Peter Berg, releasing Fall 2004, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw, Derek Luke, & Jay Hernandez) (Sports & Recreation)