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Dr James was the inventor for basketball in 1892. He invented basketball for the YMCA to be played during the winter.
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James Naismith wrote the frist basketball rules. 13 rules that gave each team the opportunity to win.
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Gymnastics instructor Senda Berenson Abbot adapts James Naismith's basketball rules for women and introduces the game at Smith College. First inter-institutional contest between the University of California and Miss Head's School
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Nasmith asked A.G spalding and Bros's to develop the first basketball.
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Clara Gregory Baer, a physical educator, introduces basketball to girls at Sophie Newcomb College, New Orleans., a physical educator, introduces basketball to girls at Sophie Newcomb College, New Orleans.
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College games were first broadcast on national tv .Fans ranked basketball up there with football and baseball .
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In 1897 the rule of basket ball was that there couldn't be no more then 5 players in the basketball court
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The NBL was formed after the first professinal basketball team played a 6 teams in Philadelphia.
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Colleges begain to sponsor the basketball team. Colleges like Yale, Minnesota, Dartmouth, Columbia, Chicago, Utah, and Navy were the first few ones .
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First "official" publication of Basket Ball for Women (three-court game) by the Spalding Athletic Library with Berenson as editor.
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Intercollegiate Athletic Association was created after a group of Americans were callliing the goverment to step in and place restrictions on the sport.
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The first contracts begain to many players . This contracts were every importaint . In early day players would constantly switch teams to who ever payed them the most .
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Basket then bame the second tier sport to many people . They would go see it if there wasn't a football or hockey game .
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Basketball was growing, but it was on June 18, 1932 that a real international organization was formed to coordinate tournaments and teams: that day,
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From its official incorporation into the Olympics in 1936, basketball has been one of the most popular international sports. During each Olympics, teams compete against the best players in the world.
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It was telecast on February 27, 1940 over NBC's experimental station in New York, The Pittsburgh beat Fordaham
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Herman Sayger, a high-school basketball phenom cum coach in the midwest, came up with the idea of a three-point shot in a scoring system that rewarded distance of the shot being made;
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The BAA begins play as the New York Knickerbockers take on the Toronto Huskies in Toronto. any fan taller then 6'8" got in free
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Six teams from the NBL join the BAA. the resulting 17 teams form the National Basketball Association(NBA). and name Maurice Podloff as President.
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History of BasketballThe Basketball Hall of Fame was founded in Springfield Massachussets, and included people who have contributed significantly to the game, such as Players, Coaches, Refferees, etc.
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Micheal JordanMicheal Jordan, one of the most known basketball player world wide, was born on February 17, 1963; in Brooklyn, New York.
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Rules: Five-player, full-court game and 30-second clock become official under AAU/DGWS rules (not Iowa or Oklahoma).
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First year of scholarships for women in AIAW.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the NBA's All-time leader in points scored against the Utah Jazz in Las Vegas Nevada.
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The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame is planned for Knoxville, Tenn. The Hall of Fame is scheduled to open in 1999.
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The NBA Agrees to start a womens Nation Basketball Association (WNBA)
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The Guinness world record holder is Ted St. Martin, who made 5,221 consecutive free throws on April 28, 1996. He did so while giving a shooting clinic to students, taking over 7 hours to complete the task.
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Violet becomes the first woman to referee a major sporting event. she is soon joined by Dee Kanter.
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On June 28, 2006, a new official game ball was introduced for the 2006–07 season, marking the first change to the ball in over 35 years and only the second ball in 60 seasons.
