Made into a hilarious and timeless film starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, and jill clayburgh, and recently named Number Seven on Sports Illustrated's top 100 Sports books of all time, semi-tough is Dan Jenkins'...Made into a hilarious and timeless film starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, and jill clayburgh, and recently named Number Seven on Sports Illustrated's top 100 Sports books of all time, semi-tough is Dan Jenkins's masterpiece and considered by many to be the funniest Sports book ever written. The novel follows the outsize adventures of billy clyde puckett, star halfback for the New York giants, whose team has come to Los Angeles for an epic duel with the despised "Dog-ass" Jets in the super bowl.