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- 12). Events And People In Basketball By : Lee Dobbins
The father of basketball, Dr. James Naismith came up with the game in 1892 and the first game was played in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania on April 8 1893 between the New Brighton YMCA and the Geneva College.
The game was very popular and by 1914 as many as 360 colleges boasted basketball teams. In 1939, the first NCAA Men’s College Basketball Championship tournament was held which was won by the University of Oregon.
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- 15). TEAM RECORD UNDER 500--NO PROBLEM IN THE NBA By : Paul Mroczka
Of the four major professional sports in America, basketball is the only one where a team with a .500 or under record has a chance of making the playoffs. In the NHL, where like the NBA a little over 50% of the teams go to the playoffs; clubs with losing records don’t come close to competing for Lord Stanley’s Cup.
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- 25). Sport Star Players By : Jim Brown
Long before sports stars came into the picture, games has always been a competition of physical prowess, of who runs the fastest or who endures the longest. It has always been a rivalry between two challenging contenders.
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