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Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
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Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

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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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Author: Jeff Pearlman
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Harper
Publication Date: September 01, 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 0061256803
Package Length: 9.0 inches
Package Width: 5.6 inches
Package Height: 1.6 inches
Package Weight: 1.5 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 54 reviews
 
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5eye opener  Oct 19, 2009
Amazing book. Apart from the sordid stuff (and there is lots ) the players contribution is illuminating about how a team is built up and how little the media knows ( or reports) about what goes on behind the scenes .Its also interesting to see how hubris and envy destroy people and relationships. All told, an excellent look at an organisation going mad. I just wish somebody would write a book like this about the Joe Gibbs Redskins-or maybe there weren't many coke snorting, masturbating in public nutters in the Hogs>

5Glory Days, Party Nights, and Repentance  Oct 10, 2009
Jeff Pearlman's BOYS WILL BE BOYS reads like a team running downhill. He builds the narrative and then lets loose about the most famous team of the 90s, the Dallas Cowboys. Turns out the Cowboys also were the most selfish team of the decade, built by two of the most selfish leaders (Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson) imaginable. But winning covered a multitude of sins, at least that's what the players and later Barry Switzer believed. Pearlman's descriptions of the rampant partying and irresponsible behavior are so graphic that one starts to wince at the pain caused to so many. When the party finally ended in the late 90s, at least the players realized what fools they had been. A very quick and good read.

3Readable  Sep 30, 2009
That's really the best word I can use to describe the book. It's nothing stellar, not at all boring and just an overall decent read.

The details are fun while not getting terribly graphic or too sparse to be of interest. If you're a huge Cowboys fan, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Otherwise, it's like late night cable to an adolescent boy; somewhat enticing while not blowing your socks off.

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4Warning about Audio Edition  Jun 15, 2009
I listened to this book on CD and thought it was really interesting. I think Michael Irvin's life deserves a movie...
One note: The narrator of the audio edition is clearly not a football fan. You can tell because he absolutely butchers the pronunciations of name after name of the players. He obviously showed up at a studio cold to record this and did no background work. He narrates the story really well, but hearing him mangle "Steve Beuerlein" was an experience in itself! It partially became fun to see what he would come up with next, but it was also distracting from the story... and shockingly cheesey.
If there was ever a football team that deserved a book about it though, this certainly is the one!

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5Great book  Jun 12, 2009
What a fascinating read. I would reccomend for anybody that wants to know what life as a professional athlete is really like. This book painted such a vivid description of just how different athletes are than regular people. I was amazed at how dysfunctional the Cowboys organization was during the 90's while still being considered the best franchise in sports during this time period.

 
 
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