Back to category: Sports Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Basketball When Dr. James Naismith nailed up two peach baskets on a YMCA balcony in January 1892, little did he know that basketball would become a national sport. Although, the peach baskets, the soccer ball and the nine-player teams used for the first day did not survive. The original height of the baskets, 10 feet, and several other rules did survive. The United States accepted basketball almost immediately. The U.S. universities adopted the game as a competitive sport in 1895. The first professional league was formed in 1898. As a demonstration sport, basketball appeared in the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. It wasn’t until 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin that basketball arrived as a medal sport with twenty-three nations sending teams to compete. In the Berlin championship game, an American team c... Posted by: Veronica Gardner Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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