{"product_id":"9781933337173","title":"The Greatest Texas Sports Stories You've Never Heard","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe longest field goal in the history of football was kicked in Texas. But did you know it was love that first led a Swedish soccer player to Texas, where he still lives more than thirty years after his record-setting 69-yard field goal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat story is just one of dozens of unusual and behind-the- scenes stories veteran sports writer and broadcaster Al Pickett has compiled in more than twenty years of covering sports in Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you know that a tragedy on that same day that Ove Johansson kicked his record field goal changed University of Houston coach Art Briles' life forever?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you know the greatest high school football coach in Texas history never played high school football himself? Or a case of déjà vu helped a Texan win the Masters golf championship?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter each chapter of \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Texas Sports Stories You've Never Heard\u003c\/i\u003e, sports fans in the Lone Star State are certain to say, \"I didn't know that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State House\/McWhiney Foundation Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056947118320,"sku":"9781933337173","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933337173_p0.jpg?v=1769896977","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933337173","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}