Hell-Bent: The Crazy Truth About the "Win or Else" Dallas Cowboys Book

In the days and weeks that followed the Super Bowl, Cowboy insiders noticed something more incredible: where there should have been joy in victory, there was only fear, rage, suspicion, and relief that the tumultuous, turbulent season had finally, mercifully, come to an end. In the most bizarre, paranoia-plagued conflict in sports history, the coach would be led to believe that the quarterback was a gay game-tanking racist out to get him fired, while the quarterback would view the coach as the owner's half-crazy puppet who had gone out of control and directed certain media members to sabotage the quarterback. In short, Troy Aikman and Barry Switzer viewed each other as enemies. The question was, how could they possibly go forward, with a quarterback who had lost all respect for his coach and a coach who couldn't understand why? For the first time, the truth is revealed. Based upon hours of exclusive interviews with Aikman, Switzer, Jerry Jones, and others, Bayless exposes the betrayals and plots that threatened to destroy careers and to this day continue to put the franchise at risk. Was Switzer really mounting a secret media campaign against Aikman? Had Aikman faked an injury to make Switzer look bad? From the unbelievable story behind the Deion Sanders signing, to an insider's look at the real Michael Irvin, Bayless investigates the peculiar rumors that would not die and breaks the lock off family secrets.