{"product_id":"9781439906002","title":"The Philly Fan's Code: The 50 Toughest, Craziest, Most Legendary Philadelphia Athletes of the Last 50 Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eFace it: Philadelphia athletes are often as tough as their fans are passionate. How else to explain the rabid appeal of the bone-crunching Broad Street Bullies? Chuck Bednarik was one of the looniest tunes in Philadelphia sports history, but \u003ci\u003efuggedabout\u003c\/i\u003e him. In \u003ci\u003eThe Philly Fan's Code\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e sportswriter Mike Tanier provides fun and opinionated essays that evaluate the 50 greatest, toughest, and most eccentric legends of Philly sports since Concrete Charlie hung up his cleats.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing his own \"rubric\" to calculate the impact of each athlete, Tanier ranks well-adjusted players like Mark Howe alongside both unpredictable athletes like Brad Lidge—who followed an almost perfect season with a 162-game catastrophe—and quirky ones, such as Wilt Chamberlain, who may be better known for bragging about his sexual conquests than for scoring 100 points in a game. And let's not forget our visitor from Planet Lovetron… Then there are the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e wild cards-players like Terrell Owens, who does sit-ups in his driveway and whose impact—for better or worse— outlasted the few actual games he played for the Eagles. As for Tanier's choice for the No. 1 toughest, craziest, most legendary player, well, you'll have to read the book to see if you agree. Whether you do or don't, \u003ci\u003eThe Philly Fan's Code\u003c\/i\u003e will provide hours of debates and memories of who our toughest sports heroes were—or weren't.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180310872304,"sku":"9781439906002","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439906002_p0.jpg?v=1763786959","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439906002","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}