{"product_id":"monsters-the-1985-chicago-bears-and-the-wild-heart-of-football-9781250056047","title":"Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football \u003c\/i\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling gripping account of a once-in-a-lifetime team and their lone Super Bowl season.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the 1985 Chicago Bears were more than a football team: they were the greatest football team ever--a gang of colorful nuts, dancing and pounding their way to victory. They won a Super Bowl and saved a city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was not just that the Monsters of the Midway won, but how they did it. On offense, there was high-stepping running back Walter Payton and Punky QB Jim McMahon, who had a knack for pissing off Coach Mike Ditka as he made his way to the end zone. On defense, there was the 46: a revolutionary, quarterback-concussing scheme cooked up by Buddy Ryan and ruthlessly implemented by Hall of Famers such as Dan Danimal Hampton and Samurai Mike Singletary. On the sidelines, in the locker rooms, and in bars, there was the never-ending soap opera: the coach and the quarterback bickering on TV, Ditka and Ryan nearly coming to blows in the Orange Bowl, the players recording the Super Bowl Shuffle video the morning after the season's only loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cohen tracked down the coaches and players from this iconic team and asked them everything he has always wanted to know: What's it like to win? What's it like to lose? Do you really hate the guys on the other side? Were you ever scared? What do you think as you lie broken on the field? How do you go on after you have lived your dream but life has not ended? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is \u003ci\u003eMonsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football\u003c\/i\u003e, a portrait not merely of a team but of a city and a game: its history, its future, its fallen men, its immortal heroes. But mostly it's about being a fan--about loving too much. This is a book about America at its most nonsensical, delirious, and joyful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250056047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Rich Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917107138741,"sku":"9781250056047","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_086ed1ca-3f01-4570-a2a3-293384389c0f.jpg?v=1687277743","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monsters-the-1985-chicago-bears-and-the-wild-heart-of-football-9781250056047","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}