And I was embarrassed because I knew that McFarland, USA really wanted me to cry, so I went in with a determined focus not to cry. I failed. Danny Diaz got me. He got me good. (I will explain who ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — An ex-detective who was on the championship 1987 track team depicted in the movie “McFarland USA” has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty ...

Also pictured is Danny Diaz, left, and David Diaz, right, at the premier of “McFarland USA” at Maya Cinemas in Bakersfield on Feb. 15, 2015. Vida en el Valle file Daniel Casarez Disgraced ...

Just ask Danny, David or Damacio Diaz, who, along with their 1987 cross country teammates are portrayed in the new movie, “McFarland, USA,” about the unlikely rise of a high school cross ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested a detective who was on the championship cross-country team depicted in the movie “McFarland USA.” U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said ...

Still, my heart began to sink when a screening of “McFarland, USA” rolled around to its ... barely win state when our usual sixth man, Danny Diaz, whose place in races had not counted all ...

David, Damacio and Danny Diaz all ran for coach Jim White on McFarland High's first state championship team in 1987, a journey portrayed in the film, "McFarland, USA." To a man, each of these ...

or Danny Diaz (Ramiro Rodriguez), an oversized contender who’s nonetheless all heart. Two other factors put “McFarland, USA” ahead of the pack of its peers: One is most assuredly the ...

At the start of the heartening, family-enticing drama “McFarland, USA,” football ... the brothers David, Danny and Damacio Diaz, join their hard-working parents in the fields before school ...

David Diaz told me he and Danny and Damacio have made a great many appearances since “McFarland, USA” premiered early this year, a lot of them at schools. He said they are impressed that at ...

Also pictured is Danny Diaz, left, and David Diaz, right, at the premier of “McFarland USA” at Maya Cinemas in Bakersfield on Feb. 15, 2015. Daniel Casarez Vida en el Valle file A detective ...

Carlos Pratts (right) as Thomas Valles in "McFarland, USA." (L-R) Johnny Ortiz as Jose Cardenas, Ramiro Rodriguez as Danny Diaz, Carlos Pratts as Thomas Valles, Sergio Avelar as Victor Puentes ...