Athens Messenger · Feb 4
Ohio University's Sports Administration Program at 60
It is a unique coincidence that Ohio University’s Sports Mangament Program is celebrating their 60th anniversary as the first graduate program in America along with the 60th Super Bowl.
Walter O’Malley was a man of many talents. He was a baseball business pioneer as owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He envisioned the expansion of Major League Baseball to the West Coast, when the farthest team west was the St. Louis Cardinals. He convinced the New York Giants to go west with him in 1958.
He then built one of baseball’s finest ballparks in Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers and success have gone ball-in-glove for decades.