Texas high school to build $62.8 million football stadium
A high school in McKinney, Texas has voted in favor of building the most expensive high school stadium in the country.
A board has moved forward with a bond that supports a $62.8 million, 12,000-seat high school football stadium.
About $50.3 million will come from the town as part of a $220 million
bond. The other $12.5 million of the stadium's construction has already
been raised as part of a bond that was approved in 2000.
High school football in Texas is no joke, as the city of Allen has
a $60 million football stadium that holds 18,000 fans. Katy, Texas is
finalizing its own $62.5 million stadium.
(SI.com)
Monday, May 9, 2016
Who Knew There Was More To The Story
Allen Iverson's practice rant: What has been forgotten 14 years later
The other part few remember from the practice rant is the raw and lingering wound Iverson still suffered from the death of his best friend. Rahsaan Langeford was shot and killed seven months earlier, an event with which Iverson struggled to cope. All throughout the '01-'02 season, Langeford's death hung over Iverson, and just days before his interview, the murder trial for the man accused of killing Langeford began.
The 2014 documentary "Iverson" explores this dimension.
"Nobody looks at the whole comment Allen made," Scoop Jackson says in the film. "He was talking about his boy dying ... [The media] would not play that full track."
In truth, minutes after he jokes about practice, Iverson becomes more serious and vulnerable.
"I'm upset for one reason: 'Cause I'm in here. I lost. I lost my best friend. I lost him, and I lost this year. Everything is just going downhill for me, as far as just that. You know, as far as my life. And then I'm dealing with this. ... My best friend is dead. Dead. And we lost. And this is what I have to go through for the rest of the summer until the season is all over again."
(ESPN.com)
The other part few remember from the practice rant is the raw and lingering wound Iverson still suffered from the death of his best friend. Rahsaan Langeford was shot and killed seven months earlier, an event with which Iverson struggled to cope. All throughout the '01-'02 season, Langeford's death hung over Iverson, and just days before his interview, the murder trial for the man accused of killing Langeford began.
The 2014 documentary "Iverson" explores this dimension.
"Nobody looks at the whole comment Allen made," Scoop Jackson says in the film. "He was talking about his boy dying ... [The media] would not play that full track."
In truth, minutes after he jokes about practice, Iverson becomes more serious and vulnerable.
"I'm upset for one reason: 'Cause I'm in here. I lost. I lost my best friend. I lost him, and I lost this year. Everything is just going downhill for me, as far as just that. You know, as far as my life. And then I'm dealing with this. ... My best friend is dead. Dead. And we lost. And this is what I have to go through for the rest of the summer until the season is all over again."
(ESPN.com)
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