Glory days : the summer of 1984 and the 90 days that changed sports and culture forever
(2021)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
796.09048/WERTHEIM,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 796.09048/WERTHEIM,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021
DESCRIPTION

x, 324 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781328637246, 1328637247 :, 1328637247, 9781328637246
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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 -- Conclusion

"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"--