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

by Wertheim, L. Jon.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

796.09048 W499g

Sports -- History -- 20th century.

Nineteen eighty-four, A.D.

9781328637246 (hc.)

x, 324 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index.

"The summer of 1984 was a watershed moment in the birth of modern sports when the nation watched Michael Jordan grow from college basketball player to professional athlete and star. That summer also saw ESPN’s rise to media dominance as the country’s premier sports network and the first modern, commercialized, profitable Olympics. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird’s rivalry raged, Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe reigned in tennis, and Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon made pro wrestling a business, while Donald Trump pierced the national consciousness as a pro football team owner. It was an awakening in the sports world, a moment when sports began to morph into the market-savvy, sensationalized, moneyed, controversial, and wildly popular arena we know today."--From publisher.

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