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Game of My Life: Dallas Cowboys takes you inside the most memorable game of 24 players and of head coach Jimmy Johnson that earned each of them a place in the history and lore of America's Team. Each chapter provides colorful detail on the player's favorite game and its significance to the history of one of the world's most recognized franchises.Learn how these men joined the Cowboys fraternity. Recount with them the mood of the team and of each player leading up to his memorable moment and his thoughts on the game-told in his own words-as well as how his career fared and what he is doing today.Listen to Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett describe how he almost missed the game in which he turned in the most prolific performance of his career; and learn how Emmitt Smith, the NFL's all-time leading rusher, learned to play with pain and how that helped him lead Dallas to a division-clinching win over the New York Giants despite a dislocated shoulder.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #366109 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

About the Author
Jean-Jacques Taylor has been a senior sports reporter at The Dallas Morning News since 1991 and since 1995 has covered the Dallas Cowboys, including their victory in Super Bowl XXX; the retirements of Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, and Michael Irvin as well as their inductions into the club's exclusive Ring of Honor; Smith's pursuit of the NFL's all-time rushing record; the hiring of legendary coach Bill Parcells; and Aikman's induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Taylor earned a pair of first-place awards in 2004 from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) Headliners Excellence in Journalism Awards for his work on the release of quarterback Quincy Carter during Cowboys training camp.

A 1991 graduate of The Ohio State University, Taylor enjoys playing video games and dabbling in electric football. Taylor, 39, who grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, now lives in DeSoto, Texas, with his wife, Lorraine, their children, Jasmine and Ashton-Jude, and granddaughter, Allanah.