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Nets change from a peach bucket to a net.
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People who didn't wear basketball helmets started wearing soft leather helmets
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Football cleats change from low-cut, to mid-cut, to high cut, for more ankle support.
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William Shrouer created the first in 1924, but they were not seen in baseball until the 1970's.
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Myrle Spicer was principal at a school that needed a scoreboard that could be controlled by a single operator
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On that day basketball was introduced as a team sport for the 1936 Olympics.
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New Nike and Puma shoes eclipse the Converses.
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It was called Chemgrass and was invented when people were trying to find the perfect sports surface for the urban area.
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Danny Litwhiler read a news paper about a cop who used a radar gun to catch speeders, so he used it to see how fast the pitcher was throwing
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Called the slingshot goalpost
