Randy Roberts is Distinguished Professor of History at Purdue University and the author of several books, most recently
A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation and
Joe Louis: Hard Times Man. His earlier books include biographies of Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, and John Wayne; a history of American sports since 1945; and books on Charles Lindbergh, the Mike Tyson trial, and the Vietnam War. He lives in Lafayette, Indiana.
Ed Krzemienski is a historian of sports and popular culture. Born and raised in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, he has maintained close contact with Joe Namath and all of the people significant to Namath's life, including the Namath family as well as coaches and players from Beaver Falls High School. His uncle, Tom Krzemienski, was Namath's primary high school receiver and partner in all of his recruiting visits. He also served as primary consultant for HBO's Emmy-award winning documentary,Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football, for which his manuscript on the subject served as a guide for production. He served in a similar capacity for HBO's documentaryNamath and previously appeared on ESPN's Sportscentury documentary installment on Namath. An expert on college football, he has written on the subject for numerous popular publications, including ESPN'sCollege Football Encyclopedia and ESPN's Big Ten Encyclopedia.