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Q & A With Jeff Pearlman, Author Of ‘Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty’
Here is Jeff’s new book and here is Jeff’s website. We did this interview via email: * What were the biggest obstacles you had to overcome to make this book succeed? I would say the sheer volume of players involved. … Continue reading
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Attack of the Skanks
From Deadspin.com: "Boys Will Be Boys", Jeff Pearlman’s fascinating account of the glory days of the Cowboys dynasty is making the media rounds this week and we will happily join in to promote it. It is ridiculously entertaining. Yes, Charles … Continue reading
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The Dallas Cowboys – The Team Of The Nineties
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: In Pearlman’s book, few Cowboys come off as fully functional human beings, least of all the architect of the success, Jimmy Johnson, who divorced his wife of 20 years and treated his sons "like third cousins" … Continue reading
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Boys Will Be Boys
The following is an excerpt from Jeff Pearlman’s new book "Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty," copyright 2008 by Jeff Pearlman. Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins. "You can do a lot … Continue reading
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Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
From the New York Times online: If you had to pick one indispensable Cowboy from that era, who would it be? Easily, Michael Irvin. Yes, his off-field problems have been well discussed. But Irvin was the hardest worker on that … Continue reading
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Tagged clayton holmes, dallas cowboys, free agent quarterback, herschel walker trade, leon lett, shante carver
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Things You Can’t Say On The Radio
Jeff Pearlman, author of the great new book Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty and the guy who wrote the John Rocker story, blogs: In promoting “Boys Will Be Boys” this … Continue reading
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I’m A Happy Man
I’m live on my cam talking about the two things I love most — Torah and the Dallas Cowboys. I’ve got in my hands an advance copy of an exciting new book — Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days … Continue reading
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I Want One Of These Suits For Shul
From the Dallas Cowboys blog: Jerry Jones is intrigued by the idea of Adam "Pacman" Jones seeing spot time at receiver. WR coach Ray Sherman wants to give it a shot, too. Wade Phillips didn’t rule it out, although he’d … Continue reading
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‘The Spirit Of The Marathon’
I haven’t read any books or watched any movies about the marathon in the 29 years since Osgood Schlatters disease forced me to stop running them in eighth grade. In the year previous, I finished five. This new documentary directed by … Continue reading
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