Halftime Speeches

That One Kid on the Kickoff Team

One Play.No more.No less. That’s all they’re guaranteed to get. One play.At the start of the game or the start...

The Ache of August

Every August, I feel it. The ache. My body telling me there’s something I should be doing—but I’m not. I...

Football is Being a “Practice Player”

I’ve been working on my letter of instruction—a message to my loved ones for when I’m gone. There are so...

Football is Whitesnake

T-shirts slung over our shoulders, sweat from the afternoon practice still clinging to our skin, Randy and I slow-swaggered to...

Football is Biceps

Two cars brimming with teenage testosterone barrel side by side down the highway. They don’t know us. We don’t know...