{"product_id":"glory-days-the-summer-of-1984-and-the-90-days-that-changed-sports-and-culture-forever-paperback","title":"Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. Jon Wertheim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 the debut of ESPN 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Bill Bryson's \u003ci\u003eOne Summer: America, 1927, \u003c\/i\u003e L. Jon Wertheim captures these ninety seminal days against the backdrop of the nostalgia-soaked 1980s, to show that this was the year we collectively traded in our ratty Converses for a pair of sleek, heavily branded, ingeniously marketed Nikes. This was the year that sports went big-time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL. JON WERTHEIM is the executive editor of \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and a senior writer at the magazine, as well as a contributing correspondent for \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author or coauthor of ten books, including, most recently, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eScorecasting\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou Can't Make This Up.\u003c\/i\u003e Wertheim was thirteen years old in the summer of 1984. He and his family live in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 7.99 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756062957901,"sku":"9780358695288","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/b3l2RzNTcG0yckpVZXpYZHgwR3NkUT09.webp?v=1776721996","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/glory-days-the-summer-of-1984-and-the-90-days-that-changed-sports-and-culture-forever-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}