{"product_id":"2940169994018","title":"Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring his nearly fifty years of sportswriting, including twenty-eight at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, readers of Dr. Z came to expect a certain alchemical, trademark blend: words which were caustic and wry, at times self-deprecating or even puzzling, but always devilishly smart with arresting honesty. A complex package, that's the Doctor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe one-time sparring partner of Ernest Hemingway, Paul Zimmerman is one of the modern era's groundbreaking football minds, a man who methodically charted every play while generating copious notes, a human precursor to the data analytics websites of today. In 2008, Zimmerman had nearly completed work on his personal memoirs when a series of strokes left him largely unable to speak, read, or write. Compiled and edited by longtime \u003ci\u003eSI\u003c\/i\u003e colleague Peter King, these are the stories he still wants to see told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Z's memoir is a rich package of personalities, stories never shared about such characters as Vince Lombardi, Walter Payton, Lawrence Taylor, and Johnny Unitas. Even Joe Namath, with whom Zimmerman had a legendary and well-documented twenty-three-year feud, saw fit to eventually unburden himself to the remarkable scribe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116978684144,"sku":"2940169994018","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169994018_p0.jpg?v=1763698723","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169994018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}