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  fans paid to attend a baseball game between two teams in the new york city area at fashion rack course in queens
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  ncaa was offically formd to govern collegiate athletics
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  lou gehrig appeared on a wheaties box
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  all american girls professional bseball leage was formed due to many mlb players serving in ww2
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  wilson sporting goods signed golfer babe didrickson zaharias to an endorsement contract for 100.000 dollars per year
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  phil knight opens blue ribbon sports
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  title IX is enacted mandating equel access to educational oppurtunitites for men and women
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  rich foods pays 60.000 dollars year for the naming rights to the buffalo bills football stadium
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  the us boycotts the summer olympics in moscow
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  the olympics becomes commercialized peter ueberoth heops to make the olympics profitable
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  olympic park in atlanta ga is bombed