Once a Giant

When we think of the NFL in the 1980s the 49ers, Bears, and the Giants come to mind as the dominant teams. Author Gary Myers, who covered the New York Giants during their Championship run joins us to talk about this team, their coaches and life after football in his Book: Once A Giant, A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football. 

We are very honored to have had the opportunity to interview a man who interviewed NFL legends like Tom Landry, Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, Lawrence Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Phil Simms, and so many more. Gary Myers' honest approach with us on the podcast above indicates the strong relationships he earned with football legends by being accurate, simple, and keeping it real. The same traits he showed to us.

Gary is telling the story both during and after the glory of winning a championship. He shows that players are people like us who have joy, troubles, and everything in between.

Once A Giant

It is a fantastic book by Original NFL Insider Gary Myers that tells the Story of the 1986 Championship Season of the New York Football Giants and the trials, tribulations, and victories of the team thereafter.

More Information

---

The 1986 New York Giants are legendary. A championship team coached by Bill Parcells and his wunderkind assistant Bill Belichick, featuring future Hall of Famers and All-Pros like Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor, Mark Bavaro, and Harry Carson. They were dominant on the field and formed a unique and lasting bond off of it. More than thirty years later, it's the friendships that have proved more important––a matter of life and death.

In Once A Giant, A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football, bestselling football writer Gary Myers tells the story of that team and what became of it. Gridiron glory eventually faded; chronic pain, addiction, and in some cases crimes have followed. Many football players face these harsh realities, but the Giants have confronted and survived them together.

The man has made a career writing about some of the biggest names in Football History, and now instead of his daily columns for major newspapers he capptures even more of the gridiron lore in his excellent books.

Gary Myers

Legendary journalist and former NFL columnist for the New York Daily

News and Dallas Morning News. He was a long-time member of the cast of HBO's Inside The NFL as one of the original NFL insiders and the YES Network's This Week in Football.

More Information

---

Special Thanks to Gary Myers for his time and knowledge shared and for preserving this piece of football history on the people of the 1986 New York Giants. The banner art of the books cover is courtesy of Gary and his team.