The Most Memorable Games in Giants History The Oral History of a Legendary Team

by Corbett, Bernard M.; Baker, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781608190683
• ISBN10: 1608190684
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-17
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

With extensive reporting and engrossing storytelling, Jim Baker and Bernard Corbett give us the scenes of one of the NFL's most successful and popular franchises. Interviews with Giants legends who participated in these historic moments put us behind closed doors in the commissioner's office during a fixed game in 1946, in the backfield wit Frank Gifford as the Giants advance to the championship in 1958, and in the huddle with Eli Manning as he diagrams the play that would result in the deciding touchdown in the 2008 Super Bowl.With an eye for memorable details and historical significance, Baker and Corbett let the players themselves tell the war stories that all Giants fans love to relive, and in so doing, construct an engrossing and exciting history of the team and the sport.The book will also feature revealing statistical sidebars and fresh analysis of the games that throw new light on the history of the team.

Author Biography

Jim Baker is a regular contributor to ESPN.com's "Page 2," which receives more than 100,000 hits daily. He is the coauthor of Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Baseball (Rodale, 2008) and has contributed to such popular books as The Bill James Abstract (a New York Times best-seller); The Bill James Historical Abstract (named one of the best baseball books of all-time by Time Magazine); Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning; and Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders. He was also a regular contributor to the Baseball Prospectus website as well as its annuals. He resides in Austin, Texas, and has spent a lifetime rooting for the football Cardinals.

Bernard M. Corbett is the radio voice of Harvard University football and Boston University hockey. He is the author and coauthor of fourteen books, including The Only Game That Matters: The Harvard/Yale Rivalry (Crown/Random House, 2004), as well as The Beanpot: Fifty Years of Thrills, Spills and Chills; On the Ice (with Wayne Gretzky); and On the Court (with Grant Hill). He lives in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and is a lifelong New York Football Giants fan and season-ticket holder.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. IX
The Most Memorable Games 1925-1945	p. 1
Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants NFL Championship Game December 15, 1946	p. 10
Cleveland Browns vs. New York Giants December 14, 1958	p. 34
Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants October 28, 1962	p. 62
Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants NFL Championship Game December 29, 1963	p. 85
New York Giants vs. Washington Redskins November 27, 1966	p. 106
Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants November 15, 1970	p. 136
Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants November 19, 1978	p. 158
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants December 19, 1981	p. 183
Denver Broncos vs. New York Giants Super Bowl XXI January 25, 1987	p. 207
New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Game January 20, 1991	p. 242
New York Giants vs. Buffalo Bills Super Bowl XXV January 27, 1991	p. 242
Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants NFC Championship Game January 14, 2001	p. 288
New York Giants vs. New England Patriots Super Bowl XLII February 3, 2008	p. 313
Acknowledgments	p. 351
The Voices	p. 353
Index	p. 363
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