The Dons Bachelors and Bachelorette salute the flag The first reality TV show, “America’s Candid Camera”, aired in 1948. Reality TV emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with MTV’s “The Real World” followed by shows such as “Survivor”, “American Idol”, and the “Bachelor”. In football, there is HBO’s “Hard Knocks” which follows NFL teams through training camp, ...

It was a good night for the Dons We woo woo’ed, we yelled, we stomped, we cheered, we jumped up and we high fived; each game is a triumph of the spirit of what a football family really looks like. Whether our boys win or lose – Dons show up!   Thursday night the Dons came home on the bus with ...

It has been said that there are three parts to a high school football season. The five games before league games start, the five league games, and, hopefully, the playoffs. Many schools choose to schedule easy games during the pre-league schedule, especially in leagues that are very competitive, like the DAL Foothill. However, this was not the case with our ...

The Acalanes JV football team was planning to play one quarter against the Oakland Varsity team on Friday.  If that had been the case, the team would have only played one full game and a total of 50 minutes of football over 50,400 total minutes from the end of the Bishop O’Dowd game on September 2 until kickoff against Las ...

Dons take down a Gael The Freshman Dons do not play nice football. A tough game for the Dublin Gael’s, but for the Don’s Thursday’s game was a confidence boost for both offense and defense. Thursday followed a tough loss against the Redwood Giants. With a final score 12-14, the team battled against the Giants, the clock, and hard-hitting penalties: ...

Trees have featured prominently in sports. There are college football tree-themed programs such as THE Ohio State Buckeyes, the state tree of Ohio. There are official mascots such as the Copper Mountain College Fighting Cacti and a notable unofficial mascot, the Stanford Tree. There are athletes including Tree Rollins, the 7’1” center who played 18 seasons in the NBA, Robert ...