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Baseball Game develop money
Fans paid to attend a baseball game between two teams in the New York City area at Fashion Rack Course in Queens -
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Was officially formed to govern collegiate athletics -
Wheaties sponsor a athletes
Babe Ruth on a Wheaties box -
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
was formed due to many Major League Baseball players serving in WWII. -
Wilson Sporting Goods
signed golfer Babe Didrickson Zaharias to an endorsement contract for $100,000 per year. -
Blue Ribbon Sports
Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports. In 1972, the name is changed to Nike -
Title IX
is enacted, mandating equal access to educational opportunities for men and women. -
Rich Foods
pays $60,000/year for the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills football stadium. -
US boycotts
the Summer Olympics in Moscow. -
Olympics becomes commercialized
Peter Ueberoth helps to make the Olympics profitable -
Olympic Park
in Atlanta, GA is bombed.