God's Coach
The Hymns, Hype, and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry's Cowboys
Skip Bayless
- “No
- football
- fan
- will
- want
- to
- miss
- this
- one.”
- —PUBLISHERS
- WEEKLY“A
- searing
- character
- study…a
- breathless,
- can’t-put-it-down
- read.”
- —LOS
- ANGELES
- TIMES“As
- savvy,
- dirt-dishing
- expose.”
- —KIRKUS
- REVIEWSFrom
- nationally-acclaimed
- journalist
- and
- ESPN
- commentator
- Skip
- Bayless,
- the
- newly
- updated
- eBook
- edition
- of
- the
- classic
- bestseller
- GOD'S
- COACH.
- First
- published
- in
- 1990,
- this
- unforgettable
- expose
- tears
- the
- metallic
- blue
- shine
- off
- the
- legendary
- star,
- revealing
- the
- truth
- about
- ‘America’s
- Team’
- and
- its
- beloved
- head
- coach
- Tom
- Landry,
- whose
- much-regaled
- Christian
- charity
- extended
- to
- strangers
- everywhere,
- yet
- stopped
- short
- of
- the
- team
- who
- labored
- under
- him.From
- the
- hangover
- that
- led
- Jerry
- Jones
- to
- buy
- the
- team,
- to
- the
- wild
- ride
- of
- the
- Staubach
- era,
- Bayless
- strips
- away
- the
- image
- of
- the
- team
- created
- by
- the
- most
- powerful
- PR
- machine
- in
- sports,
- revealed
- by
- insiders
- willing
- to
- break
- their
- silence.Packed
- with
- unparalleled
- insight
- into
- one
- of
- the
- most
- storied
- franchises
- in
- the
- history
- of
- sports,
- GOD'S
- COACH
- is
- a
- compelling
- revelation
- about
- a
- corrupt
- football
- franchise
- that
- dared
- call
- itself
- America’s
- Team.Skip
- Bayless
- appears
- daily
- as
- the
- host
- of
- ESPN’s
- First
- Take;
- his
- commentary
- appears
- regularly
- on
- ESPN.com.
- A
- former
- columnist
- for
- the
- Dallas
- Morning
- News,
- DALLAS
- TIMES
- HERALD,
- CHICAGO
- TRIBUNE,
- and
- SAN
- JOSE
- MERCURY
- NEWS,
- and
- sportswriter
- for
- the
- LOS
- ANGELES
- TIMES
- and
- MIAMI
- HERALD.
- In
- addition
- to
- GOD'S
- COACH,
- he
- is
- the
- author
- of
- THE
- BOYS
- and HELL-BENT.
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