{"product_id":"the-crunch-9781504029636","title":"The Crunch","description":"\"A wry, witty look at life with the Dallas Cowboys during the heyday of Tom Landry and Roger Staubach, \u003ci\u003eThe Crunch\u003c\/i\u003e shows the real life that makes legends and lacerates the Cowboys mechanistic corporate image, revealing a world that is both more and less than we expect, yet funnier than we could image.\" --Peter Gent, author of \u003ci\u003eNorth Dallas Forty\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"More characters than \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e. More laughs than \u003ci\u003eLaugh-In\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . A pro football classic!\" --Frank Luksa, \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePat Toomay played ten years in the NFL. He is the author of two books about pro football: \u003ci\u003eThe Crunch\u003c\/i\u003e, an irreverent look at the Dallas Cowboys during the Tom Landry-era, and the novel, \u003ci\u003eOn Any Given Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNashville Tennessean\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eESPN\u003c\/i\u003es Page 2 and Salon.com, among other venues. His \u003ci\u003eESPN\u003c\/i\u003e columns broke readership records. An article about his involvement in Oliver Stone's football film was included in Houghton Mifflin's \u003ci\u003eBest American Sportswriting 2000 \u003c\/i\u003eand has been added as postscript to the eBook edition of \u003ci\u003eOn Any Given Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e. Toomay lives and writes in Albuquerque, NM.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339521855762,"sku":"9781504029636","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cff2383b-9b8c-4862-85b7-f93d6fca2292.jpg?v=1728006613","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-crunch-9781504029636","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}