{"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\u003eFrom the author of Semi-Tough comes a hilarious novel chronicling one year in the life of irreverent sports columnist Jim Tom Pinch.Jim 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. Now 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. \"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 (Kirkus Reviews).\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46610848481324,"sku":"9781501116629","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/30NbcrINy9781501116629.webp?v=1794214308","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/you-gotta-play-hurt-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}