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...could also be interpreted as a smirk. Like the one on the face of Jones, who has countersued the N.F.L. for $750 million after the league sued him for $300 million for selling the Cowboy name to companies like Nike. Or the smirk on the face of coach Barry Switzer, who can laugh at those who called him a buffoon, now that the Cowboys are favored by two touchdowns to beat their traditional rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, in Super Bowl XXX, Jan. 28 in Tempe, Ariz. Or the smirk on the face of wide receiver Irvin, whose in-game dancing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGLY AMERICA'S TEAM | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

...then they go and spoil it all by saying something stupid or arrogant or hypocritical. After literally swearing his allegiance to Switzer on national television, Irvin then declared, "We're going home. Last year we rented out the Super Bowl [to the 49ers], and now we're going back to see if they cleaned up after themselves." Privately, the Cowboys have expressed more concern than confidence in the game-management skills of Switzer. Yet to hear them talk after Sunday's game, Switzer is a sort of laissez-faire savant. "Nobody deserves this more than Barry," said Irvin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGLY AMERICA'S TEAM | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

Jones brought his old bud Switzer, the former Oklahoma coach, out of a five-year retirement two years ago to replace Jimmy Johnson, who had led the Cowboys to wins in Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII, only to tire of Jones' meddling. The real hero in the changeover, though, has been Aikman, who has stood behind Switzer even though it must strike him as ironic that he is playing for the man who not only kept him on the bench at Oklahoma but also licensed the athletic-dorm mayhem that ultimately forced Aikman to transfer to UCLA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGLY AMERICA'S TEAM | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

...swaggering Dallas Cowboys meet the gritty Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX? Sportswriter Steve Wulf weighs in with his prediction: "The only area where the Steelers have the upper hand is in the coaching department, and Bill Cowher is not that much better of a coach than Barry Switzer, so I think the Cowboys will win going away. The Cowboys should win by more than two touchdowns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Super Bowl Preview | 1/26/1996 | See Source »

...exhibits energy transfer of some type. Could the entire universe be conscious and yet unaware of it, just as the living individual cells in our brains, which have cellular consciousness, are unaware of the whole of the human organism? There are cycles within cycles and levels within levels. STEVEN SWITZER Philadelphia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 7, 1995 | 8/7/1995 | See Source »

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