"Harry Gerard "H. G." Bissinger III", also known as "Buzz Bissinger", is an American Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting/Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, best known for his non-fiction book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream/Friday Night Lights. He is a longtime contributing editor at Vanity Fair (magazine)/Vanity Fair magazine and the former host of The Buzz Bissinger Show on CBS Radio's Philadelphia Talk/News station, WPHT-AM/Talk Radio 1210 (WPHT-AM).

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That was such a horrible, tragic moment. I thought it said a lot about Tony, the way he coaxed the team into playing. ... I know the players were shell-shocked. Athletes aren't prone to feeling mortal about themselves.

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When he's not managing, he's open and forthcoming, I had to be far more quiet [about being around] and pick my spots with Tony. And never after a loss.

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Trying to interview him before a game is completely and totally worthless. He gives you these kind of guttural grunts. He basically mumbles anyway, so I had difficulty understanding him.

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There's something lonely about Tony. He takes a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. ... I think it's made him a great manager, but it also leads to loneliness.

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