... to be used as goals. But the janitor could find only some half-bushel baskets, which Naismith accepted. Then new sport thus became known as basketball. In December, 1891, Naismith's physical-education class played the first basketball game. The class had 18 men, and so each team had 9 players. They used a soccer ball and, in spite of much running and shooting, the players ... scored only one basket in the game. Word of the new game spread quickly, and basketball was soon being played by YMCA groups, high schools, colleges and semiprofessional and ... professional teams throughout the U...

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... 's. Young children, teens, and adults have played this sport every day at their public basketball courts or at their own homes. While they are enjoying the benefit of the fun of the game, and terrific physical exercise, there are other wonderful lifelong skills being developed. While participating in basketball, they are learning valuable life lessons such as being team, task, and goal-oriented ... . These lessons will help people throughout their lifetime. In playing basketball a player must learn how to work with his teammates to win the game. It takes communication and coordinated move...

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... 's. From kids to adults, the sport is loved by many. There are many levels this game is played at. There is high school ball, college and the professional's. Obviously the pro's is the highest and then college and the lowest being high school. In high school basketball there are 3 different teams in most school's. There is freshman ball, junior varsity and varsity ... is obviously the highest and works it way down. You must be very good to get into a D1 college as like in any sport. Basketball isn't a very hard game to play if you just want to have a pick up game with some friends. You m...

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... , while football is a cold, dangerous, barbaric sport. The pros of basketball outweigh the pros of football by far. Basketball is played inside of a gymnasium where the climate is controlled. Therefore, bundling up or laying the clothing is not necessary when coming to enjoy a friendly game of basketball. Another plus in the sport of basketball is that the crowd is offered up close and personal seats ... . When going to watch a football game one can end up in the "nose bleed" section, but in basketball that is not apparent. For example, in the Landmark gym one can identify ... fans are f...

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... knows it, almost everybody played it once. I will you inform about the history of the game, some important facts and rules. History Fist some historical facts. Eighteen-hundred-and-ninety-one Dr. James Naismith, professor at the Springfield College in Massachusetts, invented the real basketball. The new sport should be without body-contact. At the beginning there were 9 players for each team ... most important thing is the ball. It s mostly made of leather. Another important equipment every basketball-player cares on are the shoes. Rules Now a short lesson in basketball-rules. There a...

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... 're probably thinking duh...but do we really know everything about it? Nope, so I'm going to tell you all about basketball!Have fun! First, do you really have to be tall to play basketball? Uh, no! Short people are actually awesome basketball players becuase they make really good gaurds. They can usually easily steal the ball, because it's right in front of them ... 't always that easy. You have to make sure you don't foul on them. If you do, their team gets to take a freethrow shot which in some cases could win the game if 2 teams are tied. It's also hard to keep track of your person som...

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... ago, or in some cases, in the times of the ancient world. One sport that can be traced to the exact starting date is the game of basketball. This sport is a baby compared to other games like running and gladiatorial combat. We are able to see how it has evolved from something great ... to something wonderful. The game of basketball was invented by a physical education teacher by the name of Dr. James Naismith. The doctor did not have an epiphany about a sport that would ... School of Agriculture and Hamline College, the score was nine to three. By 1908 the focus of power house basketb...

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... to excel at one. In 1978 a real-estate agent showed Colman McCarthy a brick house overlooking Friendship Playground, an Elysium of baseball diamonds and basketball hoops in northwest Washington, D.C. It was the easiest sale that agent would ever make. "Didn't even bother to check the plumbing," remembers McCarthy ... -developing kids, and so many get frozen out by the process." A fully developed young athlete might wind up with a temperament for golf, not basketball, or with the perfect distance runner's body, not a tight end's. Yet premature specialization can foreclose the possibility ...

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... of cheering fans, and he loved every minute of it. Even hours after the game, people are congratulating him and asking for autographs. Before the night was over, Quincy would be the main attraction at the parties celebrating the team's win. After one year of playing college basketball, Quincy leaves school and was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers. The USC women ... 1999, 30 in 1998, 28 in 1997). With such tremendous growth, the WNBA and the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) announced on April 29, 1999 the league's first collective bargaining agreement -- a first o...

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What is the best sport in America? Basketball is the best sport in America. The reason why basketball is the best sport is because it takes the most skill to play than any other athletic sport. Basketball also takes a lot class because fans can judge the way players act much easier than other sports. Basketball has the most skill involved than any other sport in the country. The game does not consist of an individual talent; a player must be an all around athlete. A basketball player must be able to jump, pass, shoot, dribble, be quick, and many more features the game involves. A person must b...

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... found the intensity that drives people to play sports. One of the most recent electrifying events that shows women expressing their love for the game, regardless of which game, is when Brandi Chastain tore her jersey off after the United States women's soccer team won the Women's World Cup final. After this ... president of the United States, Bill Clinton, enjoyed the USA victory at the World Cup. The women's World Cup victory had more fans watching than Game 7 of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals. With 90,000 fans present for the event and another 657,000 tuned in on ESPN at home, the ... be...

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... Agreement signed during the Clinton administration eliminated the revenue created by the tariffs of products crossing the border. "We visit the church of San Lorenzo, a basketball tournament is in progress outside. Bright uniforms and a squawking loudspeaker (143)" is just one more example of globalization. Let's begin with the church. Although ... fighting a war to spread the word of their god to all edges of the world. This quote also mentions a game of basketball taking place. Basketball is one of the major team sports that is played in almost every country. The most popular sport ar...

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... Agreement signed during the Clinton administration eliminated the revenue created by the tariffs of products crossing the border. "We visit the church of San Lorenzo, a basketball tournament is in progress outside. Bright uniforms and a squawking loudspeaker (143)" is just one more example of globalization. Let's begin with the church. Although ... fighting a war to spread the word of their god to all edges of the world. This quote also mentions a game of basketball taking place. Basketball is one of the major team sports that is played in almost every country. The most popular sport ar...

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... a sport that has many qualities of many other sports. It is somewhat of a combination of basketball, soccer, and hockey. It is a game that requires speed, coordination, quickness, and agility. It is a game that is full of long field sprints with precision passing and dodging. Lacrosse was invented by the ... Gary were excellent athletes and did many amazing moves, such as the Air-Gait, lacrosse's version of basketball's slam dunk. The Gaits' ability to execute such maneuvers helped the game of lacrosse because they were the first lacrosse players that were given extensive media attention...

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... have fun, but can every sport out there be considered fun to everyone? There are some who like football and hockey but can not stand baseball or basketball. There are also people who think quit the opposite. To separate different peoples interest, ask yourself the question, What would be the perfect sport? The ... minute at a time, the workout is the most intense in professional sports. In order to be a good hockey player you must stay in shape. During a game of hockey imagine holding your breath a full minute and times that by 10. That is why you can only go out there for a minute beca...

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... but are they worth the millions that they are paid? Male athletes are among the most highly paid people in the world. Especially in basketball and football, every player is enormously paid. Though economics is the key to understanding why these athletes earn such tremendous salaries, still, ... distort the players, but it also bring downfall to clubs, the country's economy, and even to the game itself. A normal, typical professional basketball player makes more money playing for only fifteen minutes of a game than a professor can make in the whole year. In addition, that player may perfo...

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... he was but a young, pre teen boy. He talks of manual score boards and athletes who played sports, in a true amateur era, for the love of the game. Williamson recollects, " from a courtside perch as an operator of UNC's old manual scoreboard" (601). This is, according to him, when his own "love affair ... tactic employed by Williamson. The reader is drawn to a different time and is given a vivid image of a late fifties game of basketball, a far cry from any modern day college ball game. This helps the reader to become close to the writer and view him in an almost favorable light. This is g...

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... there is established associations and committees the same as Britain. This commercialisation is more of the western sports i.e. table tennis, badminton and basketball. Most of theses sports in Britain where commercialised long before China participated in these sports. Sports organisations in martial arts and other more ... the back pass rule in football. The media in China disseminates information to the public to widen participation and expand their knowledge of the game. However, in Britain (and many other countries) the media influences sport in sponsorship, commercialism and rule c...

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... through beer commercials. There are two things that Canadians love: hockey and beer. Labatts Blue commercials contain the beer playing hockey and then after the game drinking a Labatts Blue. Bud Light commercials are marketed around the "Hockey Falls in Canada" featuring two big hockey personalities, Barry Melrose and Bill ... United States to adopt hockey as one of the great American pastimes. However, there was only one reason America didn't pick it up - basketball. In 1988, basketball was at its peak with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Mr. Michael "Air" Jordan was a bigger draw to Ameri...

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... a cheerleader can tell you how much work, ability and strength goes into this sport. She will tell you how much practice it takes just for one game. During practice is when you figure out what cheers, stunts, and what formation you are going to do them in just for one ... game. During practice, like in any other sport is when you try to be perfect for the next up coming game. When it comes to game time, is when you show off your strength, hard work, and ability. People will say that ... not trust your teammates, than the plays that you would like to run, will not run the way you would l...

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... my focus has been on sports. As a young man at the age of seven, my dad raised me into becoming involved with sports that included; basketball, football, and baseball. In all three sports I was one of the best little mans on the team. My dad took a lot of time out to ... little league team at the age of ten. Football was my favorite sport and my dads also. I also had a talent in basketball, so right after football season was over with; I went straight to basketball. I also accumulated tremendous awards. The awards consisted of championships, maps, and best defensive player. And last but...

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... would have to either go to a sporting event or read it in the newspaper to find out about the outcome of a baseball, football, and a basketball game, and a tennis and a boxing match. 1920 was when sporting events were brought through spark transmitters, code, and the converted telephone (microphone). In 1921, ... Corsairs defeated the Philadelphia Pirates. Until the 1920's, there were only written descriptions of the games, but with the beginning of radio, sportscasters made the game come alive. By talking through a microphone, sportscasters back then painted a picture with their words by...

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Michael Jordan, the ultimate sportsman. If one didn't look up to him as an amazing basketball playing, they might look up to him as a superb individual with excellent sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is important for athletes because it sets the tone of a sporting event. Team mate to Michael ... way he always helps opponents up. It might possibly be the fact that that he can get along with every guy in the National Basketball Association.Whatever it is, Jordan does it and he does it well. During a game, count the number of instances in which one player patts his opponent on the back side. Such n...

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... it is just mankind's luck that we find so much "pleasure" in stupid things like the sport mentioned in the first paragraph, or a simple game of tackle-catch combined with tackle-run with some pads thrown in, rather than picking up trash or reading a history book. Mind you, there ... That's 2-3 hours being "engaged" by a sport, but you're not even getting the main benefit of the sport! If you sit through an entire basketball game (let's exclude halftime), you have probably wasted 1.5-2 hrs. watching other people build their strength, and most probably ruining your eyes in the process (unl...

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... involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." In the literal term Video game are not a sport unless you count moving your fingers as physical exertion. Esports are also known as e-sports, competitive gaming, and electronic ... Dictionary.com as "competitive tournaments of video games, especially among professional gamers." The earliest known video game competition took place on October 19, 1972 at Stanford University for the game Spacewar. Stanford students were invited to an "Intergalactic spacewar olympics" a...

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