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<b>Celebrated sports commentator Dan Patrick and comedy writer Joel H. Cohen team up with some of America’s greatest* comedy writers to tell you everything and nothing about America’s sport!**</b><br><br><i>*“greatest” is actually just a bad type-o for “mediocre” </i><br><i>**No, not darts, we mean pro football. (book on professional darts coming never)</i><br><br>Did you know . . . <br><br>Tom Brady is a very good quarterback. (True, but only according to statistics and accomplishments.)<br><br>The formation of the NFL took place in an auto dealership. The founders started an institution and also were convinced to buy rust-proofing for it. (Half true.)<br><br>The Carolina Panthers originated as a book club but turned to football when they couldn’t agree on which John Grisham novel to read. (Maybe true. Research isn’t our thing.) <br><br><i>The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football</i> is a love letter to America’s favorite game, full of highlights, history, great plays and players, scandals, Super Bowls, and a series of lies, idiotic theories, baseless conspiracies, a diet that may kill you and, of course, a poorly-written haiku. The book takes the credibility Dan Patrick has built up over a stellar broadcast career (ESPN, NBC Sports, something called “Peacock”) and risks it all with these falsehoods, half-truths, and even some quarter-truths.<br><br>This parade of inanity is co-written by Joel H. Cohen (3 Emmys, several cavities due to poor flossing) and includes contributions from certifiably hilarious people, such as:<br><br><ul><li>Andy Richter (<b><i>Late Night with Conan O’Brien</i></b>)</li><li>Brian Kelley (<b><i>The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live</i></b>) </li><li>Chuck Tatham (<b><i>Modern Family, Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother</i></b>)</li><li>Mike Price (<b><i>The Simpsons, F is for Family</i></b>)</li><li>Donick Cary (<b><i>Silicon Valley, New Girl</i></b>)</li><li>Christine Nangle (<b><i>Inside Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live</i></b>)<