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Baseball was the first American Sport, it is also known as "America's Pastime" Alexander Cartwright, AKA the "Father Of Baseball", he invented baseball.
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The Dolly Vardens were the first women's pro sports team, they were all African American.
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The Major League Baseball (MLB) was founded in 1869 in Cincinnati, Ohio
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Football is a different version of Rugby.The man who pioneered the rule changes that slowly transformed rugby into American Football was named Walter Camp.
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Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first black pro athlete, as well as the first black pro baseball player, playing 6 decades before
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In the year 1891, Doctor James Naismith created the game of Basketball.
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The NFL was created on August 20th, 1920 in Canton, Ohio
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The first FIFA World Cup was in 1930
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The first MLB All Star game was on July 6th in 1933.
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In 1936, the NFL had its first draft.
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On November 28th, 1939, the creator of basketball James Naismith died from a Hemorrhagic Stroke
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On May 15th, Joe Dimaggio set the record for the most consecutive games with at least one hit with 56 straight games, this record is yet to be broken.
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On April 16th, 1947 the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Chicago Stags 4-1 to become the first ever NBA finals.
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The basketball hall of fame was built in the year 1959, this place was named the Naismith Basketball Memorial in honor of James Naismith who died on November 28th, 1939
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On this day, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, which to this day is still the most points scored in a NBA game.
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In the year 1967, the NBA added a 3 point line
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On January 15th, 1967, Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr led the Green Bay Packers to the first Super Bowl ever, Starr also won the MVP of the game.
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Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought in what is known as the "Fight Of The Century".
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The Miracle on Ice was when the US Hockey Team upset the 4x defending gold medalist, the Soviet Union Hockey Team
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In 1994, Hakeem Olajuwon became the first NBA player to win MVP, the NBA championship, Finals MVP, and Defensive Player Of The Year, Olajuwon was also the first foreign-born player to win MVP
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In June, 2003, Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault, he also signed a 4 year shoe deal with Nike, opting out of his contract with Adidas
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On January 22nd, 2006, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, which is the 2nd most points scored in a single game.
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KG gets paid $334.3,000,000 making him the highest paid player in NBA history.
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In 2012, Crosby sighed a 12 year, $104.4,000,000 contract extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins, making him the highest paid player in NHL history.
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On December 14th, 2014, in a game against the Minnesota Timber wolves in Target Center, Kobe made a free throw to pass Jordan for 3rd all time in scoring.
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In 2016, the Golden State Warriors set the record for the best record in NBA history going 73-9, they also won the NBA finials that same year
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On December 18th, 2017, the LA Lakers retired the 2 jerseys that Kobe wore while playing for the Lakers for 20 years.
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On October 29th, 2018, Klay Thompson famously wore a headband while making 14 3s in a game, which is the most in NBA history,
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This year, Eli Manning became the highest paid NFL player in history, earning $17,000,000.
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In the year 2019, Mike Trout signed a 12 year, $426,000,000 with the Angels, making him the highest paid athlete in history as well.
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On March 6th, 2019, LeBron James passed Michael Jordan for 4th all time in scoring
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On January 25th, 2020, Lebron James passed Kobe Bryant for 3rd all time in scoring James needs 4,733 more points to surpass Kareem for the #1 spot on the all time scoring list, which means Lebron would have to average at least 20 points per game over the next 3 seasons.
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January 26th, 2020 was a horrible day for all of sports... Kobe Bryant passed away in a helicopter crash
