Soundwave
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1980-2000 is probably specifically the "golden age", some of this is infamous but you can't deny it wasn't entertaining
- Arrival of Michael Jordan and subsequent 90s-era dominance, sports marketing is changed forever.
- Wayne Gretzky peak/prime, Oilers dynasty
- Magic/Bird Lakers-Celtics rivalry
- Arrival of Mario Lemieux and early 90s Cups
- Mike Tyson dominating boxing (1980s)
- Ken Griffey Jr. + Sr. playing on the same team
- Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds home run spectacle, yes in hindsight it is tainted by the steroid scandal, but at the time it felt like watching magic
- Summer of '94 Chaos, Rangers win Cup, Knicks lose in game 7, OJ Simpson chase interrupts the NBA Finals creating a live TV spectacle unlike anything before or since.
- Wild Olympics scandals; Nancy Carrigan beaten by a hitman, Ben Johnson stripped of Olympic gold,
etc. etc.
- Dual sport athletes like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders
- Arrival of Tiger Woods in the late 1990s
- Rise of the NFL Superbowl half-time show becoming a mass entertainment (+ Superbowl TV commercials in general becoming part of the entertainment).
But y'know someone born prior to this would just say "well I got to see Muhammad Ali, Pele, Wilt Chamberlain, Bobby Orr, Guy Lafleur, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, etc. etc. etc.".
- Arrival of Michael Jordan and subsequent 90s-era dominance, sports marketing is changed forever.
- Wayne Gretzky peak/prime, Oilers dynasty
- Magic/Bird Lakers-Celtics rivalry
- Arrival of Mario Lemieux and early 90s Cups
- Mike Tyson dominating boxing (1980s)
- Ken Griffey Jr. + Sr. playing on the same team
- Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds home run spectacle, yes in hindsight it is tainted by the steroid scandal, but at the time it felt like watching magic
- Summer of '94 Chaos, Rangers win Cup, Knicks lose in game 7, OJ Simpson chase interrupts the NBA Finals creating a live TV spectacle unlike anything before or since.
- Wild Olympics scandals; Nancy Carrigan beaten by a hitman, Ben Johnson stripped of Olympic gold,
etc. etc.
- Dual sport athletes like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders
- Arrival of Tiger Woods in the late 1990s
- Rise of the NFL Superbowl half-time show becoming a mass entertainment (+ Superbowl TV commercials in general becoming part of the entertainment).
But y'know someone born prior to this would just say "well I got to see Muhammad Ali, Pele, Wilt Chamberlain, Bobby Orr, Guy Lafleur, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, etc. etc. etc.".