1. Sports & entertainment history
Notes and assignments

2. history Mid to late 1800’s – only the wealthy participate
1890’s –better wages, technology, transportation
1890 edison invented kinetoscope – vitascope – to view motion pictures
George Eastman - technology

3. Pg 2 – history 1927 full sound movie – Jazz Singer
1923 Wilson sporting goods signed an endorsement deal with golfer Gene Sarazen
1918 – Babe Ruth set records
Sports/entertainment a regular in everyday life
Great depression – 1930’s

4. Pg 3 1940’s relief from trauma of WWII
1940’s Bill Veeck developed sports marketing-turned game into an event
Owners of Indiana, White Sox – entertained the fans with fireworks.
1948 – Guttman organized paralympics

5. Pg 4 1950’s growth of TV, theaters, sports franchises, Disneyland
1960’s Mark McCormack founded IMG which links corporations to athletes—first was A. Palmer
Larry Doby – first Afro Amer drafted into American League

6. Pg 5
Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount pictures – produced moview and owned theaters – appeal of dramatic stories and popular stars of the day
1967 National league vs American league – a game
1968 – Eunice Shriver organized special olympics

7. Pg 6 R. Arledge – Wide World of sports – TV show 1972 – title IX
1979 ESPN started as a small cable TV station
1980’s – extreme sports
1982 – becomes a media event to more than 90 mil? Superbowl
1986 – Amateur rule overturned
1996 – Women’s NBA

8. assignments Define all vocab Checking concepts 1-7 p. 72
Notes from ppt.
Worksheet 3.2
Ch 2 and 3 report