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Buzz Bissinger

H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, NF ’86

H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, NF ’86

Bissinger’s narrative nonfiction book “Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream” inspired an acclaimed show that ran for five seasons on NBC People say, “Why’d you begin…
September 24, 2013

Out of His Comfort Zone

Buzz Bissinger on ambition, fear of failure, and the genesis of ‘Friday Night Lights’
July 10, 2012
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