{"product_id":"9780822972334","title":"Pittsburgh Sports: Stories From The Steel City","description":"\u003cp\u003eSummer afternoons at Forbes Field, playoff Sundays with the Steelers, winter nights at the Igloo cheering for Mario and the Penguins: \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Sports\u003c\/i\u003e captures all that and more. With stories from sports fans, historians, and former athletes, \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Sports\u003c\/i\u003e mixes personal experiences with team histories to capture the full range of what it means to be a sports fan—in Pittsburgh, or, by extension, anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA book that can be read cover-to-cover, or in bits and pieces, \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Sports\u003c\/i\u003e includes chapters on the ill-fated Pittsburgh Pipers, who won the American Basketball Association’s first championship, then folded four years later; the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays, perennial Negro League powerhouses; Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, and other legends of western Pennsylvania high school football; boxing’s illustrious past in the Iron City; football reminiscences by a former Steelers punter; and the ups and downs of the Pittsburgh Pirates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124299710704,"sku":"9780822972334","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780822972334_p0.jpg?v=1763753637","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780822972334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}