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Tag Archives: Jeff Pearlman
Queers With AIDS
Jeff Pearlman has an article in the November 2009 issue of Penthouse about former pitcher John Rocker. Pearlman wrote the original article ten years ago in Sports Illustrated that ended Rocker’s career. It made me reflect on the difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged espn, faggots, Jeff Pearlman, john rocker, massive influence, minded friends, orthodox jew
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Jeff Pearlman’s New Book: The Rocket That Fell to Earth: Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality
You can buy the book here and you can read Jeff’s website here. I interviewed Jeff last September ago about his book on the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. Jeff wrote the Sports Illustrated John Rocker profile that created such a storm … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, baseball immortality, dallas cowboys, Jeff Pearlman, roger clemens
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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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Tagged committing adultery, cowboy player, dallas cowboys, Jeff Pearlman, lifestyle choice, sinister plot
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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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Tagged assault rifles, cowboys cornerback, dallas cowboys, Jeff Pearlman, mile journey, skanks
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Jerry Jones – Football Genius?
Jeff Pearlman writes for the WSJ: If there was a key moment in Mr. Jones’s rise from laughingstock to laudable, it came in January, 2003 when he hired Bill Parcells as head coach. Unlike Mr. Johnson, who insisted on 100% … Continue reading
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Tagged bill parcells, football genius, Jeff Pearlman, jerry jones, laughingstock, wide receiver terrell
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Herschel Walker
Jeff Pearlman’s new book is excerpted in the WSJ: In modern American history, few sports figures have possessed the mythological aura of young Herschel Walker. At Johnson County High School in Wrightsville, Georgia in the late ’70s, he was a … Continue reading
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Tagged boyhood friend, grip truck, herschel walker, Jeff Pearlman, three piece suits, wrightsville georgia
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Highlights From ‘Boys Will Be Boys’
From SI: Jeff Pearlman‘s Boys Will Be Boys is in bookstores now. Here are some tidbits Pearlman shared with Dan … 1. Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman wouldn’t talk to him. But Pearlman explained the best sources were the guys … Continue reading
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Tagged boys will be boys, charles haley, dallas fans, emmitt smith, Jeff Pearlman, michael irvin
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