The Big Time. Michael MacCambridge. How the 1970’s Transformed Sports in America. It is easy to take watching spectator sports for granted due to its omnipotent media coverage these days via network television, cable, streaming, and internet connection platforms. Players commanding and receiving excessive compensation draw perpetual sneers from fans. Even sports discussion via print media, social media and television keeps the topics and action foremost in our minds around the clock daily and yearly. It is enough to pontificate where sports stand as not only a past time in the 21 st century but also how it reached the current seemingly overly-saturated status. In his latest book, The Big Time , esteemed author Michael MacCambridge attempts to argue the changes in just about every major sport that was played in the 1970’s and its impact on how we view and see sports today. Ma...
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