On October 13, 1939, McAllen lost one of its most beloved citizens, “Popeye.” He was a good-natured white bulldog, who was embraced by the multitude of McAllen High School football fans who considered him to be their mighty mascot. It was a dark Friday the 13th as hundreds of students went into mourning.
I was looking at one of the photos that a local city parks and rec program sent in for an ad recently, and this thought came to me – how lucky are American kids to have the sports programs we have available to them? Lucky beyond measure.
Special to the Advance PHARR — PSJA ISD dance-drill teams competed at the American Dance Team School (ADTS) Rio Grande Dance Classic held at PSJA Southwest Early College High School on Feb. 11, 2023, earning multiple awards.
Almost a year ago when Tom Brady announced his return to the NFL only 41 days after announcing that he was retiring, I wrote this: “Tom Brady is now reminding me of Brett Favre (Farv). First you’re going to retire from the NFL, and then you’re not. Then you’re gonna; then you’re not. Favre turned retirement into an abstract art form, seeming to cry both when he retired and when he announced his return from retirement. TV screens were awash in Brett’s tears. By his third or fourth retirement, hell, even I was starting to choke up. Now, Tom Brady, the NFL’s GOAT QB, is doing the same thing, reneging on his retirement from pro football, so who can believe him from now on when he says he’s going to retire?”
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