Batter up at Petco Park; MLB All-Star Game in San Diego

Contact: Gretchen Meier at gmeier@usc.edu or (213) 740-6973

The African American Experience in Major League Baseball oral history project

Neftalie Williams is the Research and Development Director for the African American Experience in Major League Baseball oral history project at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism’s Institute of Sports, Media and Society. The project aims to collect and preserve the experiences of every living African American baseball player who was in the league between 1947 and 1971.

Williams can speak on the role of race in Major League Baseball from a player’s perspective and the history the game.

Contact: (310) 962-5643 or nswillia@usc.edu

Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw is out, how do injuries affect the game?

Jay Lieberman is an expert in primary and revision total hip and knee replacement and treatment of osteonecrosis (bone death) of the hip and knee. He is professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of the Institute of Orthopaedics at the Keck Medical Center of USC. He is the immediate past president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

Contact: Meg Aldrich at (323) 442-3941 or via email at Meg.Aldrich@med.usc.edu

Seth Gamradt is a specialist in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine. He is the Director of Orthopaedic Athletic Medicine for USC Athletics, and also is a team physician for United States Women’s Soccer. In the past, he was an assistant team physician to the New York Giants football team. He is one of the Top Doctors as ranked by U.S. News and World Report.

Contact: Meg Aldrich at (323) 442-3941 or via email at Meg.Aldrich@med.usc.edu

 

NOTE: Did you know Tommy John surgery originated at Keck Medicine of USC? The surgery can save a pitcher’s career.

Is the game good for San Diego’s economy?

David Carter and Courtney Brunious of the Sports Business Institute at USC are available to discuss advertising, special event management, media coverage and reputation issues, economics surrounding the MLB All-Star Game and how San Diego’s tourism culture may be affected.

Contact: David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at USC, is available via email at davidc@marshall.usc.edu.

Courtney Brunious, associate director of the Sports Business Institute at USC, is available via email at brunious@marshall.usc.edu.