{"product_id":"you-gotta-play-hurt-paperback","title":"You Gotta Play Hurt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Jenkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSemi-Tough\u003c\/i\u003e comes a hilarious novel chronicling one year in the life of irreverent sports columnist Jim Tom Pinch.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Tom Pinch is a unabashed sportswriter who has followed around and reported on too many blonde-haired skiers, basketball players with names like Potatus Fry, and Russian figure skaters who want to know how much a house with a toilet costs in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow he tells the story of a year of romance, cursing, bimbos, touchdowns, pandering, padded expense accounts---from the Olympics to the Indy 500 to the heavyweight championship--a year that will leave neither Jim Tom nor the wide world of sports the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bawdy, bitter, very funny...Jenkins's farewell salute to big-time sportswriting is a tell-all novel that deflates the hype around each and every event, from the Olympics to the Kentucky Derby to Wimbledon (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Jenkins (1928-2019) was an author and sportswriter who wrote for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was the author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eSemi-Tough\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Solid Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHis Ownself\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734973583423,"sku":"9781501116629","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/de7e34a48ee3cba9a3bfd03e64248cf0.webp?v=1765141756","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/you-gotta-play-hurt-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}