Pete Gent, RIP

'North Dallas 40' is my favorite football book and was made into my favorite sports movie. Although it showed off the NFL as something less than the league would have liked, it only increased my interest in the game. Gent's book is funny and sad and exciting. I love the idea of its protagonist barreling down a Dallas freeway with Leon Russell tunes blasting on the tape deck. Old time football hacks may have hated what Gent stood for, but they were and are fools. A great read and an author who will be missed.