“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