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September 17, 1862. Near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Before the sun went down, more than 22,000 Union and Confederate soldiers would be killed, wounded, or missing in the Battle of Antietam—the bloodiest single day in American military history. The fighting raged through the Cornfield, across a narrow road forever remembered as Bloody Lane, and around the stone crossing now known as Burnside Bridge. Whe...

🏈🔥 DISTRICT PLAY IS HERE — AND WEEK 4 IS LOADED ACROSS EAST TEXAS. The first three weeks gave us surprises, statement wins and plenty of questions. Now, for many East Texas teams, the games that determine championships and playoff spots are beginning. On this week's From The Press Box, David Weaver and Matt Paul look back at the biggest developments from Week 3 before turning their attention to...

September 16, 2023. Around the world, seismic instruments began detecting something scientists couldn't explain. Every 90 seconds, the Earth seemed to pulse. Again. And again. And again. The mysterious signal continued for nine straight days. Eventually, researchers traced it to remote eastern Greenland, where a massive rock-and-ice landslide had plunged into Dickson Fjord and generated a colossal...

🐝🏈 THE PROCESS CONTINUES — AND THE JACKETS ARE STILL FIGHTING. Elysian Fields enters the final week of non-district play looking for its first win of the season as the Yellowjackets travel to Mount Enterprise Friday night. On this week's Coach Maines Show, EF head coach Bo Maines joins David Weaver to look back at the 35-7 loss to New Boston and explain why the final score didn't tell the entire...

September 15, 1916. The Western Front. After more than two years of trench warfare, British soldiers introduced a secret weapon during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the larger Battle of the Somme. The tank. The British Mark I was slow, noisy, mechanically unreliable—and unlike anything soldiers had ever encountered. Designed to cross trenches, crush barbed wire, and shield troops from m...

🐾🏈 NON-DISTRICT IS OVER. NOW THE SEASON REALLY BEGINS! The Hallsville Bobcats closed non-district play at 1-2 following a 24-10 Homecoming loss to Corsicana. Now comes the part of the schedule that determines who plays beyond November. District 6-5A. On this week's Coach Strickland Show, Hallsville head football coach Josh Strickland joins David Weaver to look back at the Corsicana game, discuss...

🏈🔥 TEXAS TAKES DOWN OHIO STATE! David Weaver and Matt Paul are back From The Press Box to break down another wild weekend of college football, led by Texas' dramatic victory over Ohio State. 🤘 Did the Texas heat help turn the game in the fourth quarter? 🏈 Did Arch Manning deliver the signature performance he needed? 🦆 What's wrong with Oregon after a stunning loss at Oklahoma State? 〽️ What...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 14, 1814, and a stormy morning in Baltimore when Francis Scott Key looked through the smoke of battle and saw an American flag still flying over Fort McHenry. For more than 25 hours, British warships had bombarded the fort during the War of 1812. Key, watching from aboard a vessel in Baltimore Harbor, could only wonder whether the fort—a...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 13, 1959, when a chance meeting in West Germany began one of the most famous—and enduringly discussed—relationships in entertainment history. Elvis Presley was 24 years old, already the world's biggest rock-and-roll star, and serving in the U.S. Army in Germany. Priscilla Beaulieu was 14 when she attended a gathering at Elvis's home. The...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 12, 1857, when the SS Central America disappeared beneath the Atlantic Ocean carrying hundreds of passengers—and a fortune in California Gold Rush treasure. Known as “The Ship of Gold,” the steamship was traveling toward New York when it encountered a powerful hurricane off the Carolina coast. Passengers and crew desperately fought to ke...

On September 11, 2001, passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 learned that America was under attack—and realized their hijacked airplane was intended to become another weapon. Through phone calls with loved ones on the ground, passengers discovered that two airplanes had struck the World Trade Center and another had hit the Pentagon. They understood what was happening. And they made an extrao...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 10, 1931, when one of the bloodiest power struggles in American organized crime reached its dramatic conclusion inside a Manhattan office. Mafia boss Salvatore Maranzano had emerged from the Castellammarese War as the self-proclaimed capo di tutti capi—“boss of all bosses.” But his reign lasted only months. Fearing Maranzano planned to e...

🏈🔥 WEEK 3 IS HERE — AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NON-DISTRICT GAMES OF THE EAST TEXAS FOOTBALL SEASON ARE COMING WITH IT! David Weaver and Matt Paul are back From The Press Box for another packed edition of The Write Team Podcast as the 2026 Texas high school football season reaches its final tune-up before district play begins for many East Texas programs. And this week? We're picking 20 GAMES. But...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 9, 1944, and the occupied Netherlands, where 23-year-old Dutch resistance fighter Jaap Musch paid the ultimate price for protecting Jewish children from the Nazis. Musch helped hide children from deportation, arranging false papers, safe houses, and secret movements while risking his own life. After his arrest, Nazi authorities tortured...

🐾🏈 THE BOBCATS BOUNCED BACK — AND NOW IT'S HOMECOMING IN HALLSVILLE! After a difficult season opener, the Hallsville Bobcats responded exactly the way head coach Josh Strickland hoped they would. Hallsville went on the road and earned an impressive 18-6 victory over Kaufman, rewarding a group of players and coaches who spent the previous week working to correct the mistakes that plagued them in...

🐝 The Elysian Fields Yellow Jackets are 0-2 — but Coach Bo Maines isn't interested in excuses. He's looking for a response. On this week's Coach Maines Show, Elysian Fields athletic director and head football coach Bo Maines joins David Weaver to look back at the Jackets' 42-16 road loss to Sabine, discuss the continued development of a young EF roster, and preview another road challenge Friday n...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 8, 1900, when the deadliest natural disaster in United States history devastated Galveston, Texas. Once known as the “Queen City of the Gulf,” prosperous Galveston was overwhelmed by hurricane-force winds and a massive storm surge. Entire neighborhoods disappeared beneath the water, thousands died, and the destruction permanently altered...

🏈🔥 COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK — AND WEEK 1 GAVE US PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT! Was there really one second left in Ann Arbor? Is Oregon as good as advertised? Is Texas ready to win a national championship? And after LSU dismantled Clemson, is Dabo Swinney officially on the hot seat? On this episode of From The Press Box, David and Matt are joined by special guest Andrew Paul to break down a wild opening...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 7, 1876, when the notorious James-Younger Gang rode into Northfield, Minnesota, expecting another easy bank robbery. Instead, ordinary citizens grabbed their guns, fought back, and helped destroy one of the most feared outlaw gangs in American history—all while the robbers escaped the bank with just $26.70. Then, celebrate Labor Day, dis...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 6, 1901, when President William McKinley was shot while greeting visitors at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Anarchist Leon Czolgosz fired twice at the popular president, setting in motion a tragedy that would claim McKinley's life eight days later and unexpectedly elevate Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency. Then, rev...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 5, 1972, when the Munich Olympics became the scene of one of the darkest acts of terrorism in modern history. Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team ultimately lost their lives after members of Black September attacked the Olympic Village, took nine hostages, and a disastrous rescue attempt ended in tragedy. Then, revisit Sam Houston...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily revisits September 4, 1886, when legendary Apache warrior Geronimo surrendered to U.S. forces at Skeleton Canyon. After years of resistance and one of the largest manhunts in American military history, Geronimo finally laid down his arms, symbolically ending armed Native American resistance in the American Southwest. Then, revisit Thomas Edison's Pearl Stree...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily revisits the Battle of Ash Hollow, also known as the Ash Hollow Massacre, on September 3, 1855. Near Blue Water Creek, General William S. Harney and roughly 700 U.S. soldiers attacked a Brulé Sioux village in a bloody confrontation that killed an estimated 100 Sioux—including women and children—and intensified the cycle of violence between Native Americans a...

🏈 One week into the 2026 East Texas high school football season, and some of our preseason expectations have already taken a beating. David and Matt are back From The Press Box to break down the biggest surprises from opening weekend, look ahead to a loaded Week 2 schedule and continue the season-long From The Press Box Pick ’Em Challenge. But first, we tackle a question involving one of the olde...

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily returns to September 2, 1945, when representatives of the Empire of Japan boarded the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay and formally surrendered to the Allied powers, officially bringing World War II to an end. After six years of global warfare, the Holocaust, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and an estimated 70 to 85 million deaths, the world could fi...