{"product_id":"the-greatest-texas-sports-stories-youve-never-heard-9781933337173","title":"The Greatest Texas Sports Stories You've Never Heard","description":"The 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDid you know the greatest high school football coach in Texas history never played high school football himself? Or a case of d j  vu helped a Texan win the Masters golf championship? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e TX A\u0026amp;m-McWhiney Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933337173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.12w x 0.54d","brand":"Al Pickett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670917279900,"sku":"9781933337173","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1fec926a-c98e-41d4-b795-9a820c74562f.jpg?v=1603923960","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-greatest-texas-sports-stories-youve-never-heard-9781933337173","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}