Bibliograph

Glory days, the summer of 1984 and the 90 days that changed sports and culture forever, L. Jon Wertheim

Type

Label

Glory days, the summer of 1984 and the 90 days that changed sports and culture forever, L. Jon Wertheim

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-309) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Glory days

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1182021224

Responsibility statement

L. Jon Wertheim

Sub title

the summer of 1984 and the 90 days that changed sports and culture forever

Summary

"A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly coincidental stories all collided and changed the way we think about modern sports"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Be like Mike -- The great one -- Are the games dead? -- Johnny Mac and Martina -- The trump card -- Larry versus Magic -- Heir Jordan -- There's a draft in here -- Joy in Wrigleyville -- Wax on, wax off -- The sham of amateurism -- Strokes of genius -- Swooshing in to woo Jordan -- Down goes Tyson -- The dream team -- The victory tour -- The all-sports, all-the-time network -- The brawl to end it all -- The summer of the Mac -- Let the games begin -- Super Saturday -- Mike and Nike -- Wait till next year -- Be like Mike

Target audience

adult

Classification