1980s Sports

Whether it’s Michael Jordan shooting the game winning shot, Jim Kelly leading the buffalo bills to the super bowl, or the braves winning the world series of 1995, americans have always had a fascination with sports. Some people say that sports in the 1990’s was the best decade ever. Sports have provided many things for fans that watch them. Sports have allowed communities to grow stronger and provide great athletes to look up to. Sports in the 90’s has created unbreakable bonds between men women and children as they watch and participate in them.

The fact that the 1990s were the greatest period of growth for American hockey suggests that the 1980 Olympics did not inspire thousands of kids to strap on the blades right away. But the event certainly took its place in American sports mythology, giving young hockey players a heritage to celebrate and icons to look up to. That kind of legacy is the lifeblood of any sport.

There were many styles that people were able to work with. First off, one of the most common styles was the retro style. Retro was, in a way, inspired by disco. Americans would often wear flares, which were types of jeans where the legs got bigger and “flared” out towards the bottom of the foot (CITATION, #). This proves that retro was just one of the major fashion statements in the 1980s. Another style that Americans tried out was the Glamour style. This fashion included top of the line designers like CoCo Chanel, Versace, and Oscar de la Renta. These designers made a significant impact on the glamorous lifestyle. Glamorous was over the top, but in a fashionable or unique way that people like to dress (CITATION, #). People would wear skirts with a huge puffball at the bottom of it, or switch it up to a nice tight fitting pencil skirt. The economy was a huge factor. Obviously people wanted the best of the best, but the economy was not doing that well (CITATION, #). There were some bad things about the agriculture. Since the United States is just coming out of a recession, they were working on rebuilding businesses in the city so they could expand their business and try to earn back some of the money they lost. This proves that at this point in the 80s, life was not so glamorous because people had to worry about earning back the assets that they lost along with businesses. The farm economy was

One of the best known decades for music was the eighties. During this generation, there were a number of landmark events. This decade set a standard for music to evolve from for years to come.

Sports went through many changes in the time period known as the "Roaring Twenties." Some sports were just starting out; others were broadening their horizons, while others were simply becoming more popular. New heroes were emerging in sports, new teams, and even new leagues.

The events that are affected by the 1980s decade was music, music has influenced the 1980s so much with Madonna and Michael Jackson. Madonnas hair was all the rage, big curly hair with ratted bangs as high as you could get them she was the queen of the 1980s her fashion influenced so much of the 1980s, girls were curling there bangs just like Madonna she was an icon everyone looked up to her.

The spirit of the 1980’s was born of previous decades. America’s victory in World War II hurled the nation into a society which became faster with each decade. The 1950’s, thriving on a time of high job opportunity, rolled into the 1960’s time of activism of human rights for all peoples. Women’s rights, African-American rights, and antiwar dominated the minds of many Americans in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Meanwhile, to the pleasure of the children, cable television’s quality improved and shows transitioned from grayscale to color. As the 1980’s hit with the Cold War stretching for its fortieth

The 80 's was an eye opener to a lot of new things, new music, new styles, new points of view on life and new technology. Music was a big hit for the 80 's and so was the technology. A home, family, job and fun was basically what everyone needed to live ahappy life. In the 80 's, people saw the American dream, as a simple task of success andthose years defined them. They were the generation in between differences and facing disagreement andnot turning our backs. The 80 's may have made them idealistic, but it 's idealism that will push themand be passed on to their children, the first children of the twenty-first century.

The revolutionary marketing campaign surrounding the unproven rookie was considered very urban for the time. During Nike’s early years, they had a difficult time pushing sales for their brand new athletic sneakers filled with air. This all changed seemingly overnight when the young Jordan took the basketball world by storm, dominating the opposition night in and night out. The Air Jordan I launched in 1985 in a black and red colorway to match the uniform of the Chicago Bulls. For $80, people could purchase a pair and experience what Nike called “human flight”. To add even more to the Nike and Jordan craze, the Jordan I failed to meet the National Basketball Association’s sneaker color standards at the time, due to a lack of white color. Jordan refused to stop wearing his own shoe, and the NBA began to fine him $5,000 per game that he wore the shoe. Because of Michael’s outstanding performance on the court, the Jordan I was flying off the shelves, selling out at almost every major retailer. These sales were more than enough for Nike, so they began to pay off the fines from the NBA. Then, the greatest sports ban in history took effect. On October 18th, 1985, the NBA officially banned the Nike Air Jordan I from the league, making it illegal to wear them for play. What was thought to be the death of the sneaker was the complete opposite. Nike pushed back

The transition from the multicultural era of the eighties to the postnetwork era of the nineties triggered abrupt changes in American media and culture. [6] From fashions to family life, relationships, and attitudes, many new cultural elements subsequently changed television portrayals of ordinary American culture within this time period. More specifically, the culture of the eighties is often characterized by the rise of MTV and megastars, techno music and club drugs, and popular fashions such as leather, leggings, and Ray Bans. Eighties culture can be described as the ‘bombdigity’ and nineties culture can be described as more toned down, moral, and ‘sweet’.

Joe Montana threw 27 Tds in one year. Joe Montana took the 49ers to a Division Lead 10 win 6 losses. At the end of his whole Career Joe Montana threw 273 Touchdowns (The Gale Group).

This report is to inform you on the decade of the 1980s. People 's jobs, income, ideas, opinions changed so much from 1980 to 1989.

In the 1080’s the world of sports was forever changed when the players started making more money and players were able to become free agents. But also going on in this decade were some pretty bad things as well, the President was shot, the US Embassy in Beirut was bombed, and terrorists hijacked a plane. Don’t think it was all bad because that’s just not true, in baseball the first split season happened , as well as the pine tar incident, and women were vying for top honors in NCAA Basketball. All of this comes together to create one amazing decade that can only be described as the 1980s.

There is no other time like the 1980s. The 1980s was a decade of important cultural and political change. Music was punk and loud. Pop culture changed. Fashion was wild and over the top, with lots of makeup, accessories, and big funky hair. Sitcoms did incorporate a lot of these elements; however, sitcoms also addressed social issues and problems. Racism was one of the problems in sitcoms in the 1980s, and three shows that addressed racism were The Cosby Show, A Different World, and Diff’rent Strokes.

Of course, after watching the first season of Stranger Things, I was immediately hooked and soon became obsessed with the show. Those who watch Stranger Things know that the show takes place in and incorporates many aspects of the 1980’s, including music genres, clothing style, hair style, meals, toys, games, etc. While I watched Stranger Things 2, I thought to myself about how the 1980’s was such a better decade to live in because everyone seemed “carefree.” Nobody worried about who looked good on social media, nobody had to worry who had a better phone, nobody ever worried about anything. Roads would be cluttered with groups of kids riding their bikes around town and those who sat inside all day were considered odd. It just seemed so nice to see people engaging in face-to-face conversation, laughing, playing with friends -- all without today’s technology. The lifestyle, the music genre (1980’s music, personally, is so much better than our horrible, meaningless music today), the clothing styles, all seemed much more preferable. I was genuinely unhappy to see how much of a better life people in the 1980’s had. So, after finishing Stranger Things 2 (unfortunately, all in one night) I committed myself to doing everything that a kid my age in the 80’s would