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Fast friends: Pete Rose and Terence Moore

Photo contributed by Terence Moore | Moore and Rose in Williams Hall at Miami University in Sept. 2015. The two have kept in touch since 1975.

Miami ‘78 alum, professor explains how the baseball icon jumpstarted his sports writing career

Crisp white baseball jerseys gleamed in contrast to the lush red carpeting and red cubicles in the crowded lobby of the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse. Sports reporters stood in a group waiting for interviews, while public relations directors bustled through the room.

A 19-year-old Terence Moore, a first-year student at Miami University, stood against the wall, terrified.