The Man Offside
by A. W. Gray
Rick Bannion. A man on the long slide to nowhere, a former Dallas Cowboys hero turned parolee chasing after bail-jumpers. The only things left over from his glory days are his Corvette and his love for the wife of his former teammate, Jack Brendy. So when Jack gets busted by the Feds for smuggling cocaine, and his pretty wife promises Rick $5,000 to keep the government's sleazy informant out of court, he's only too happy to comply. But the game turns sour when Jack is gunned down cold, and Rick finds himself the D.A.'s top draft pick for murder. Out of luck and on the lam in the underbelly of Dallas, he's about to learn some offensive moves he never practiced with the Cowboys—moves he needs just to stay alive...