{"product_id":"collision-low-crossers-inside-the-turbulent-world-of-nfl-football-paperback","title":"Collision Low Crossers: Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Dawidoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unrivaled portrait of day-to-day life in the NFL: \"Riveting . . . an instant classic\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By spending a year with the New York Jets, Nicholas Dawidoff entered a mysterious and private world with its own rituals and language. Equal parts \u003ci\u003ePaper Lion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, this absorbing, funny, and vivid narrative gets to the heart of a massive and stressful collective endeavor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here is football in many faces: the polarizing, brilliant, and hilarious head coach; the general manager, whose job is to support (and suppress) the irrepressible coach; the defensive coaches and their in-house rivals, the offensive coaches; and of course the players. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wise safeties, brooding linebackers, high-strung cornerbacks, enthusiastic rookies, and a well-read nose tackle: they make up a strange and complex family. Dawidoff makes an emblematic NFL season come alive for fans and nonfans alike in a book about football that will forever change the way people watch and think about the sport.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Dawidoff\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous critically acclaimed books, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher Was a Spy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Crowd Sounds Happy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Civitella Ranieri Fellow, a Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy, and an Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University, and is now a Branford Fellow at Yale University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Pulitzer Prize finalist (for \u003ci\u003eThe Fly Swatter\u003c\/i\u003e), Dawidoff is a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his family.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 8.52 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467974426877,"sku":"9780316196789","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NlpIQ0twUDB2K0hFeXozTEZCb2EvQT09.webp?v=1777281719","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/collision-low-crossers-inside-the-turbulent-world-of-nfl-football-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}