Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has an item about Jeff Pearlman’s forthcoming Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty in his always great Media Power Rankings column for SI.com. The book “chronicles the drug, ego, and sex-fueled Cowboys dynasty of the 1990s. The writer interviewed 146 players for the book, unearthing details such as Charles Haley’s fondness for exposing his genitals to teammates. It’s a delicious read.” But what really grabbed Deitsch’s attention, and mine, is this:
“Skip Bayless could have been one of the really great columnists,” former Dallas Morning News sports editor Dave Smith told Pearlman. “But as a columnist, if you are going to beat up on someone, it better be from your heart. You better feel that way. Skip attacked people for the sake of doing it. His gay take on Aikman was the most unfair thing in my 44 years as a journalist.”
That, my friends, is a burn.
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Haley was just reminding his teammates that he was “the sack king.”
Hear, hear. Skip made my skin crawl, precisely because of that. He threw things out there to stir the pot, not necessarily writing about what he really thought.
mm, that’s what 90% of the pundits do on TV.
it’s all about drawing an audience.
Troy = class
Skip = ass
despite being a Birds fan and hating Troy while he was playing i gotta admit i’ve always been kinda gay for him
i mean c’mon, full head of beautiful blonde locks, canon for a right arm that’s deadly deadly deadly accurate (61% career completion rate) and the intestinal fortitude (football term) to come back from that horrific 1-15 rookie year
can’t wait to read the book and see where Haley “wears” his 5 SB rings
Monkey Paw is not going to enjoy the Skip bashing.
Skip -
Pot… Kettle
Dave Smith always has and always will be greatness.
It’s sad to note that Skip Bayless was the first person to introduce us to the Ticket.
Charles Haley earned the right to show off his man parts by his on the field greatness. IJS
So, a book about a group of guys acting like guys when the ladies aren’t around? How original… I am not endorsing illegal activity, but pranks and partying together are part of the team/family growth experience. How about a book that explains the neccesity of moral building exercises for team development?
When guys commit to any stressful activity, be it making war or playing team sports, they tend to blow off steam in crude, funny, or extreme ways. I can point to examples all over the world without denigrating an entire franchise. Go to YouTube. Check out soldiers in Iraq wasting time by posting funny videos on YouTube. Watch SMU football players make music videos. Remember the Chicago Bears and “The Superbowl Shuffle”?
haha it seems that charles’ son (CJ) shares some of the same interests as his father. hahahahahaha