Sports

Evolution of Sports in America (1880s - 1990s)

By jtracy1
  • First baseball game to accept admission from fans.

    First baseball game to accept admission from fans.

    Baseball Eden
    Fans paid to attend a baseball game between two teams in the New York City area at Fashion Rack Course in Queens. <ahref='http://https://baseballeden.com/Brooklyn_Nine__1858.html' >Baseball Eden</a>
  • NCAA was formed to govern college athletics

    NCAA was formed to govern college athletics

    NCAA was formed to govern college athletics Sport Haven
  • First athlete (Lou Gerhig) appeared on Wheaties cereal box.

    First athlete (Lou Gerhig) appeared on Wheaties cereal box.

    Pop History Dig' >www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=lou-gehrig-wheaties' >Pop History Dig</a></a>First athlete (Lou Gerhig) appeared on Wheaties cereal box.
  • All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed.

    All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed.

    All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed due to many Major League Baseball players serving in WWII. Baseball Reference
  • Babe Didrickson Zaharias to an endorsement contract.

    Babe Didrickson Zaharias to an endorsement contract.

    NY TimesWilson Sporting Goods signed golfer Babe Didrickson Zaharias to an endorsement contract for $100,000 per year.
  • Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports

    Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports

    Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports on an investment of $1,000. The name of the company is changed to Nike in 1972.
    Nike Repositry
  • Rich Foods buys naming right to the Buffalo Bill football stadium.

    Rich Foods buys naming right to the Buffalo Bill football stadium.

    Issues with Sports</a>Rich Foods pays $60,000/year for the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills football stadium. <a href='http://issueswithsports.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-marketing-changed.html' >
  • US boycotts Olympics in Moscow.

    US boycotts Olympics in Moscow.

    In 1980, the United States led a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. History of the Olympics
  • Olympics become commercialized

    Olympics become commercialized

    The commercialization of the Olympics:Cities, corporations and the Olympic commodity
  • Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed.

    Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed.

    Olympic Park in Atlanta, GA is bombed. History of the Olympics