{"product_id":"9781637743683","title":"The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football: The NFL's Greatest Players, Plays, Scandals, and Screw-Ups (Plus Stuff We Totally Made Up)","description":"\u003cb\u003eCelebrated sports commentator Dan Patrick and comedy writer Joel H. Cohen team up with some of America’s greatest* comedy writers to tell you everything and nothing about America’s sport!**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*“greatest” is actually just a bad type-o for “mediocre” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e**No, not darts, we mean pro football. (book on professional darts coming never)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid you know . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Brady is a very good quarterback. (True, but only according to statistics and accomplishments.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe formation of the NFL took place in an auto dealership. The founders started an institution and also were convinced to buy rust-proofing for it. (Half true.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Carolina Panthers originated as a book club but turned to football when they couldn’t agree on which John Grisham novel to read. (Maybe true. Research isn’t our thing.) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to America’s favorite game, full of highlights, history, great plays and players, scandals, Super Bowls, and a series of lies, idiotic theories, baseless conspiracies, a diet that may kill you and, of course, a poorly-written haiku. The book takes the credibility Dan Patrick has built up over a stellar broadcast career (ESPN, NBC Sports, something called “Peacock”) and risks it all with these falsehoods, half-truths, and even some quarter-truths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis parade of inanity is co-written by Joel H. Cohen (3 Emmys, several cavities due to poor flossing) and includes contributions from certifiably hilarious people, such as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndy Richter (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLate Night with Conan O’Brien\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Kelley (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons, Saturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChuck Tatham (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Family, Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMike Price (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons, F is for Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDonick Cary (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilicon Valley, New Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristine Nangle (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Broti Gupta (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, The Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRob Cohen (\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live, Big Bang Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated in two colors (black and white are colors, right?) \u003ci\u003eThe Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football\u003c\/i\u003e informs (a little), entertains (a lot), and is the perfect gift to taunt the Jets fans in your life.","brand":"BenBella Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976929886448,"sku":"9781637743683","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781637743683_p0.jpg?v=1763683119","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781637743683","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}