Pearlman interviewed 146 Dallas players, coaches, and administrators in order to write this book. Given the size of the egos, both in the front office and on the football field, it was evident that the Dallas Cowboys would eventually self-destruct. With a rise-and-fall narrative structure, Boys Will Be Boys is entertaining, sometimes shocking, and even inspiring. With an unforgettable cast of characters and a narrative as hard-hitting and fast-paced as the team itself, Boys Will Be Boys immortalizes the most beloved-and despised-dynasty in NFL history.įormer Sports Illustrated senior writer Jeff Pearlman came up with a gem of a book, one that every NFL fan should enjoy, regardless of whether you love or hate the Dallas Cowboys. And then there were Smith and Sanders, whose Texas-sized egos were eclipsed only by their record-breaking on-field perfomances. Charles Haley, the defensive colossus, presided over the team's infamous "White House," where the parties lasted late into the night and a steady stream of long-legged groupies came and went. Irvin, nicknamed "The Playmaker," battled dual addictions to drugs and women. Together the three built a juggernaut that America loved and loathed.īut for a team that was so dominant on Sundays, the Cowboys were often a dysfunctional circus the rest of the week. Rising from the ashes of a 1–15 season in 1989 to capture three Super Bowl trophies in four years, the Dallas Cowboys were guided by a swashbuckling, skirt-chasing, power-hungry owner, Jerry Jones, and his two eccentric, hard-living coaches, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. In similar fashion to his New York Times bestseller The Bad Guys Won!, about the 1986 New York Mets, in Boys Will Be Boys, award-winning writer Jeff Pearlman chronicles the outrageous antics and dazzling talent of a team fueled by ego, sex, drugs-and unrivaled greatness. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, and Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, the Cowboys rank among the greatest of all NFL dynasties. They were America's Team-the high-priced, high-glamour, high-flying Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, who won three Super Bowls and made as many headlines off the field as on it. I had heard that the book did lay bare all the dirt (and believe me, there is some stuff in there even I didn't know), but that Pearlman also included a panoply of insightful and heartwarming anecdotes. When I saw Jeff Pearlman's NYT bestseller Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty on the bargain table of my local Indigo bookstore, I couldn't resist. And yet, love 'em or hate 'em, in their heydays of the early 90s they steamrolled through the competition, accomplishing what no team had ever done before - winning three Super Bowls in four years. Let's face it: You're either a fan of America's Team, or you despise them with a passion. No team in NFL history has engendered so much love and so much hate. Took me three years, but I'm proud of the fact that I'll finally be masacred in the next ASOIAF book! My first ever "How 'bout them Cowboys!" post shocked New York Giants-loving GRRM and led to our now popular football wager. Along with NHL hockey and boxing, football is undeniably one of my favorite sports. If you've been following this blog for a while, you are aware that I'm a huge NFL football fan.
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