Titles by Richard Whittingham

Featuring exclusive interviews with the greatest players in team history, Richard Whittingham’s We Are the Bears is the definitive story of this classic NFL franchise, told by the men who built it. This oral history of the team, which features numerous legends—including Mike Singletary, Mike Ditka, Gayle Sayers, Dan Hampton, and many others—will delight fans of all ages.

An oral history of one of the NFL’s most storied franchises, We Are the Giants is the complete story of the New York Giants as told by the men who built it. Based on exclusive interviews with the greatest players in team history, from Pat Summerall and Phil Simms to Y. A. Tittle, Sam Huff, and many others, this book is a must have for any Giants fan.

Stitching together first-person accounts from players who span the spectrum of playing days, For the Glory of Their Game takes fans not only inside the sport, not only inside specific games, but inside the mind of the men making the action happen. For decades, Richard Whittingham covered professional football as a reporter and researcher and this book stands as the product of all that work, with anecdotes and accounts gathered from such football icons as: Jim Brown, Roger Staubach, Jim McMahon, Bo Jackson, Frank Gifford, Joe Namath, Tony Dorsett, Mike Ditka, and Terry Bradshaw. No other book this fall captures the scope and detail across the decades, from team to team, that For the Glory of Their Game offers casual and diehard fans.

<DIV><DIV>One of the oldest and most storied franchises in the National Football League—born in 1925 in New York City—the Giants have one of the most colorful, entertaining, and successful histories in the world of sports. This fascinating portrait on the team captures, in captivating words and dynamic vintage and modern photography, the entire history of this New York and football institution. </DIV></DIV>

Sunday's Heroes was born out of Whittingham's many years of researching the league and its history. His work culls together the best first-person stories from the greatest players to ever take the field. Regardless of your favorite team, player or era, Sunday's Heroes has the stories you want to hear from the players you either love or love to hate.

From Red Grange to Samurai Mike Singletary, historically the NFL's best personalities have been Chicago Bears, and each one of them speaks about their best days, worst memories, and other hard subjects—like George 'Papa Bear' Halas—in this compilation. Bears fans may know the scores and statistics throughout Chicago's existence, and now they will know the stories behind the games.

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Football historian Richard Whittingham brings together vintage and contemporary photographs and a colorful blend of facts, features, and profiles to create a book no Washington 'skins football fan should be without. Whittingham traces the club's beginnings in Boston as the Braves, through its successful move to our nation's capital, from the almost slapstick inept teams of the 1950s to George Allen's Over-the-Hill-Gang that began a resurgence that carried the Redskins to three Super Bowls under legendary coach Joe Gibbs. With more than 100 archival photos this is a "keeper" for Redskin fans of all ages.

<DIV>From the days of leather helmets to the age of multimillion-dollar contracts, the legendary New York Giants have provided unparalleled entertainment and excitement for their fans, and this compilation captures the team's incredible history with firsthand accounts of one of the most interesting and successful teams in NFL history. The book follows one of the oldest football franchises from its fledgling days through the championship dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s, when the team scored six NFL titles in only eight years—an accomplishment that would forever establish the Giants as having one of the largest and most devoted followings of fans in professional football. Contributors include Rosey Brown, Frank Gifford, Mel Hein, Tom Landry, Pat Summerall, Y. A. Tittle, and many others.</DIV>