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2. Spalding (company) - Wikipedia

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   Spalding was the official game ball supplier to the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1983 to 2021, when the league reunited with Wilson after 37 years. [18] In 2006, Spalding and the NBA announced that they would create a new NBA Official Game Ball for the 2006–07 NBA season, with interlocking segments and made with a synthetic ...

3. 5 Best Portable Basketball Hoops for Driveway Showdowns - AOL

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   Portable Basketball Hoop Outdoor. If you are looking for a portable goal that won't break the bank, this top-selling $250 model is worth a look. It's made to adjust to a wide range of height, from ...

4. Basketball (ball) - Wikipedia

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   Spalding: Spalding was the first company to produce a basketball for official use. Company founder A. G. Spalding made the first dedicated basketball in the last years of the 19th century at the behest of James Naismith. It has produced basketballs since that time and was the NBA’s official game ball supplier from 1983 to 2021.

5. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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   Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year-old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. [1]

6. List of basketball films - Wikipedia

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   A basketball coach ( Cathy Lee Crosby) hired by mistake is harassed by her superior. Fast Break. 1979. Comedy. Gabe Kaplan as a New Yorker who dreams of being a coach and finally gets a shot. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. 1979. Comedy. A laughing-stock basketball squad transforms itself as the Pittsburgh Pisces.

7. James Naismith - Wikipedia

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   College Basketball Hall of Fame. Inducted in 2006. James Naismith ( NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. [1] [2] [3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball ...