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Boys Will Be Boys

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by Jeff Pearlman


  “We gave away the Super Bowl,” said running back Erric Pegram. Austin Murphy, “A Serious Case of the Yips,” Sports Illustrated, February 5, 1996.

  Wrote Shaughnessy in the Boston Globe: Dan Shaughnessy, “For Brown, Taking MVP Was Nothing,” Boston Globe, January 29, 1996.

  Chapter 25: The Fall

  At 11:55 P.M., four policemen arrived at the hotel. Michael Bamberger and Don Yeager, “Dropping the Ball,” Sports Illustrated, April 1, 1996.

  Sandy Irvin, the woman Michael still loved Julie Lyons, “Back in Bounds,” Dallas Observer, September 5, 2001.

  Was Michael high? Ibid.

  Noted William Bennett Peter King, “If This Is America’s Team, Woe Is America,” Sports Illustrated, April 8, 1996.

  There was, of course, Irvin Michael Silver, “Out of Step,” Sports Illustrated, October 21, 1996.

  Wrote Bayless: “I had heard the rumor since 1991. Skip Bayless, Hell-Bent, p. 186.

  Dave Anderson, the normally mild-mannered New York Times columnist Dave Anderson, “The Cowboys Should Ban Irvin Now,” New York Times, January 1, 1997.

  When asked to explain the setback, Newton snapped at Mike Freeman Mike Freeman, “Cowboys Exit Less Than Gracefully,” New York Times, January 6, 1997.

  Hornbuckle failed to last long with the Cowboys “Terry Hornbuckle Found Guilty,” www.religionnewsblog.com, August 22, 2006.

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  SEARCHABLE TERMS

  Note: Entries in this index, carried over verbatim from the print edition of this title, are unlikely to correspond to the pagination of any given e-book reader. However, entries in this index, and other terms, may be easily located by using the search feature of your e-book reader.

  Abrams, Bobby, 237

  Ackles, Bob, 23, 65, 69, 71, 78–79, 101, 236, 239–40

  African Americans. See racial issues

  Agee, Tommie, 77, 81, 146–47, 178

  Aikman, Troy

  band of, 181, 208–9

  Steve Beuerlein and, 105, 109–10

  contracts of, 50, 213–14

  draft of, 40, 46, 101

  early life and career of, 50–57

  Charles Haley and, 300–301

  Hall of Fame induction of, 358

  injuries of, 56, 63, 71, 73, 90, 103–4, 109–10, 189, 205–7, 222, 228, 278

  Michael Irvin and, 103, 127, 207–8, 313, 343, 350

  Jimmy Johnson and, 151, 201, 247

  Jay Novacek and, 155

  J. P. O’Neill and, 266–67

  performance of, 59, 73, 82, 84, 89, 100–103, 128–29, 136–37, 143–44, 148, 161–63, 170–71, 176–78, 228, 283–87, 307–8, 333, 337, 348, 354

  player relations of, 106–7

  racial issues and, 312–14

  retirement of, 354


  romances of, 170, 207–9

  Deion Sanders and, 306

  Barry Switzer and, 55–57, 260–61, 313–14, 318–19

  sexual issues and, 346–48

  Norv Turner and, 99–100

  Steve Walsh vs., 46–49, 83–85

  alcohol abuse. See substance abuse

  Alexander, Hubbard, 3, 67, 169, 172–73, 280

  Alexander, Ray, 44, 85

  Allen, Larry, 290

  Alphin, Gerald, 83, 289

  American Airlines, 198

  “America’s Team” nickname, 12

  Anderson, Dave, 349

  Andrews, William “Rooster,” 10

  Ankrom, Scott, 62

  Arizona Cardinals, 206–7, 317–18

  Armbrust, Leo, 176

  Armey, Dick, 106

  asthma incident, 39–42

  Avezzano, Joe, 181, 202, 211

  Awalt, Rob, 82, 88, 91, 94, 110, 175, 208, 228–29, 318

  Bailey, Joe, 11

  Bailey, Robert, 323

  Banks, Carl, 83

  Barnes, Reggie, 245, 265

  Bartlett, Steve, 25

  Bartelewski, Rich, 206

  basketball team, 2, 183–86

  Bates, Bill, 14, 73, 82, 121, 178–79, 223–32, 277

  Bayless, Skip, 131, 217, 314, 346–48

  Beuerlein, Steve, 104–10, 205, 235

  Bjornson, Eric, 291, 339–40

  blacks. See racial issues

  Blackwell, Kelly, 201

  Blake, John, 299, 312–14, 319

  Blevins, Dean, 250, 347

  Boniol, Chris, 287, 333, 341, 348

  Bootlegger’s Boy (book), 251, 252

  Bosworth, Brian, 35–36, 254

  Boys, The (band), 181, 208–9

  Brandt, Gil, 10–11, 25

  Bratton, Melvin, 33, 36

  Breaking Free (book), 66

  Breunig, Bob, 12

  Brice, Alundis, 291, 304, 309

  Briggs, Greg, 311, 329, 338

  Bright, Harvey “Bum,” 13–15, 18–19, 22–23

  Brodsky, Joe, 79, 88–89, 149, 196, 237

  Brooks, Kevin, 44

  Brown, Jerome, 36–37, 56, 90

  Brown, Larry

  on Cowboys, 101, 109, 193, 235, 290, 293, 343

  draft of, 101, 117

  nickname of, 123

  performance of, 286, 327–30, 332, 335, 337–38

  Browner, Joey, 71

  Brownlow, Darrick, 289

  Broyles, Frank, 16–17, 28, 30, 32, 253

  Buchanan, Buck, 202, 216

  Buffalo Bills, 169–79, 193–95, 223–32

  Burdick, Shaun, 43–44

  Burton, Ron, 40

  Campbell, Luther “Luke,” 37

  Campo, Dave, 45, 59, 258, 305–6, 336, 346

  Cariker, Allan, 236

  Carver, Shante, 290–92, 299–300, 344

  Case, Scott, 296, 299, 307

  Casillas, Tony

  brain tumor rumor about, 264–65

  on Cowboys, 115, 153, 176, 313, 346

  nickname of, 122

  performance of, 135

  personal style of, 114

  Casstevens, David, 62

  Cawthorn, Todd, 271

  cheerleaders. See Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

  Christianity, 12, 53, 224, 350–52

  Clack, Daryl, 72

  Clark, Bernard, 35

  Clinton, Bill, 276, 339–40

  coaching styles

  Chan Gailey’s, 352–55

  Jimmy Johnson’s, 39–45, 73–75, 119–21, 161–63, 270, 287, 291–92, 311, 344–46

  Tom Landry’s, 8–14, 270

  Barry Switzer’s, 268–74, 285–87, 291–93, 314–19, 345–46, 348–50

  Cobb, Garry, 14, 27, 73

  cocaine. See substance abuse

  Coger, Freddie, 300

  contracts

  Troy Aikman’s, 50, 213–14

  Michael Irvin’s, 127

  Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones, and, 131, 237

  Bernie Kosar’s, 206

  Deion Sanders’s, 296

  Emmitt Smith’s, 79–81, 186–96, 237

  Cornish, Frank, 146, 196

  Cowboys. See Dallas Cowboys

  Cowboys Sports Café, 272–73, 308

  Cowlishaw, Tim, 247

  Crockett, Willis, 41

  Crum, Maurice, 119

  curfews, 165, 171, 260

  Dallas Cowboys

  celebrity status of, 141–42, 180–86, 197–200, 280

  coaches of (see coaching styles; Gailey, Chan; Johnson, Jimmy; Landry, Tom; Switzer, Barry)

  downfall of, 1–7, 339–55 (see also discipline issues; sexual issues; substance abuse)

  Hoopsters basketball team, 2, 183–86

  Tom Landry and creation of, 8–14

  owners of (see Bright, Harvey “Bum”; Jones, Jerry; Murchison, Clint Williams, Jr.)

  players of (see contracts; draft choices; individual players by name; player relations)

  press relations of (see press relations)

  sale of, to Jerry Jones, 18–27

  Super Bowls (see Super Bowls)

  Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, 12, 60, 331

  Dalrymple, Rich, 346

  Daniel, Tim, 100, 127, 150, 202

  Davis, Butch, 115, 201–2, 229, 258, 261

  Dean, Jody, 278

  Dent, Jim, 25–26, 238, 246

  DeOssie, Steve, 44

  discipline issues, 250, 254, 285, 306, 311, 354

  Donaldson, Ray, 350

  Dorsett, Tony, 13, 65, 149, 272

  draft choices

  Jimmy Johnson’s, 40, 46–47, 70, 77–79, 81, 100–101, 118, 130–31, 141, 235–36, 328

  Jerry Jones’s, 290–91, 345

  Tom Landry’s, 12–13, 94, 224

  drug abuse. See substance abuse

  Edwards, Kelvin, 98

  Elam, Onzy, 62

  Elliott, Lin, 138, 153, 166, 177–78, 194

  Emmitt Zone, The (book), 187, 214

  Ethington, Jay, 342

  Everett, Thomas, 145, 226

  Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy (album), 181

  exhibition games, 45–46, 82

  Fishback, Joe, 197–99, 285, 310

  Fisher, Mike, 60, 170, 218, 309

  Fleming, Cory, 107, 273–74, 277, 303, 344

  Foger, Charvez, 44

  Folsom, Steve, 41, 74, 154

  Ford, Bob, 224

  Fowler, Jerry, 58

  Fowler, Todd, 43, 66

  free agency, 5, 39, 81, 187, 345

  Freeman, Denne, 234, 259, 354

  Freeman, Mike, 187, 350

  fumbles, 149–51, 315

  Gailey, Chan, 352–55

  Gainer, Derrick, 171

  Galloway, Randy, 74, 134, 220, 248, 259, 315–16, 322, 348

  Gant, Kenny

  on Cowboys, 116, 167, 123–26, 137, 171, 202, 214, 225, 228–29, 232, 265, 268, 285–86, 324

  defection of, 189

  draft of, 101

 

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