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The Glory Days And Party Nights Of The Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
Harper
September 2008
On Sale: September 1, 2008
416 pages
ISBN: 0061256803
EAN: 9780061256806
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
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. 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. 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.
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. Together the three
built a juggernaut that America loved and loathed.
But for a team that was so dominant on Sundays, the
Cowboys were often a dysfunctional circus the rest of the
week. Irvin, nicknamed "The Playmaker," battled dual
addictions to drugs and women. 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. And then there
were Smith and Sanders, whose Texas-sized egos were eclipsed
only by their record-breaking on-field perfomances.
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.
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