Title:
Glory days : the summer of 1984 and the 90 days that changed sports and culture forever / L. Jon Wertheim.
ISBN:
9781328637246
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Physical Description:
x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
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.
OCLC Number:
on1182021224
Availability:
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