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The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).
In 1949, after a three-year battle with the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for fans and players, the NBL merged with the BAA and became the National Basketball Association. [11] A few years after the merger, the NBA adopted the BAA history as its own. [12]
The 1946–47 BAA season was the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America.The league launched with 11 teams playing a 60-game schedule. The postseason tournament (the 1947 BAA Playoffs) at its conclusion, ended with the Philadelphia Warriors becoming the first BAA Champion, beating the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1 in the BAA Finals.
Historically centered on "manly" sports, the Boston Athletic Association did not allow women to register for the Boston Marathon until 1972. [1]: 111 [24] However, a few months before the 1966 marathon, Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb applied to run in the race. The B.A.A. rejected her application with a letter from Cloney where he stated, [25]
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Dave McGillivray stands at the start line of the Boston Marathon He has worked with the Boston Marathon since 1988, first as technical director, and then as race director beginning in 2001. [ 7 ] In 1998, Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson tapped him to become the race director of the TD Beach To Beacon 10K Road Race in Cape Elizabeth ...
It's been quite the week for cult fitness companies Equinox and SoulCycle after many customers cancelled their memberships and threatened to boycott both businesses indefinitely.
In 2023, the largest source of charitable giving came from individuals, who gave $374.40 billion, representing 67% of total giving, according to the Giving USA (Giving USA 2024: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2023, a publication of Giving USA Foundation, 2024, researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School ...