Special - Years of Glory

DateJanuary 26 1990

Can DescriptionsMaster Years of Glory X5391 Air: 1/26/90

AbstractTitle card: “Years of Glory”; cut to black; stock footage of Donnie Moore playing baseball; stock footage of Larry Bird playing basketball; stock footage of various sports; subject: a retrospective of sports in the 80s; segment #1: Mike Lynch introduction at Fenway Park and the survival of baseball; Mike Barnicle introduction at Fenway Park; issues of players, free agency and money over performance and public image; 1986 Red Sox season player issues; cut to black; segment #2: Lynch introduction at Boston Garden on the Celtics in the 80s and Larry Bird; Bob Ryan on history of the Celtics before the 80s and the introduction and impact of Bird, Robert Parish, Cedric Maxwell, Dennis Johnson (1954-2007) and Bill Walton; the Celtics as they enter the 90s; Mike Dowling at Boston College talking about new arenas, introduction into hockey and basketball as College sports in Boston; cut to black; aggrandizement of sports in the 80s; racing at Suffolk Downs; Longwood tennis; Boston Marathon during the 80s; culture of boxing in the 80s; loss of the American Cup in the 80s; Clark Booth on Boston Bruins hockey in the 80s; look back at a Heisman Trophy winner; cut to black; segment #3: Lynch introduces Ed Harding; Harding on history of pro and College football along with the violence of football in the 80s; Dexter Manley admission; Joe Montana and Walter Peyton (1953-1999); Gene Upshaw (1945-2008) player strike; historic moments for the New England Patriots in the 80s; cut to black; Lynch on recent changes in New England sports; golf; downhill skiing; winter Olympics; outro and end credits.

OtherCredits; Producer: Dick Amaral and Paul Lucey; Director: Bruce Drucker; Reporters: Mike Lynch, Mike Barnicle, Bob Ryan, Mike Dowling, Clark Booth and Ed Harding.