Texas high school football

Mulligan

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Golf ball on green grass, symbolizing a Mulligan or second chance

Golf gave the world a gracious word: Mulligan. Like a lot of good stories, there are several versions of how the word came to be. Golf historians still debate the true origin. My favorite traces back to a golfer named David Mulligan in Montreal during the 1920’s. The story goes that after hitting a poor … Read more

Mums

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High school football players kneeling on the sideline during a night game, wearing blue uniforms and holding helmets.

In Texas, you can feel Homecoming before you see it. It’s the jingle of bells on a ribbon, the rustle of mums brushing down a hallway, and the low hum of a marching band in the distance. The air is cooler—football weather—and Friday night isn’t just another game. It’s the night a whole town comes … Read more

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