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2. James Naismith - Wikipedia

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   James Naismith. 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 rule book and founded the University ...

3. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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   Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Within a few decades, the new game became popular throughout the United States as an indoor sport. The popularity spread overseas and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was organized in 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland .

4. Basketball - Wikipedia

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   Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...

5. Basketball court - Wikipedia

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   Basketball court. The home court of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are almost always made of polished wood, usually maple, with 3.048 meters (10 ft)-high rims on each basket.

6. America invented basketball but still has a ways to go in ...

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   PARIS — If casual American basketball fans didn’t already know this, then the world made it loud and clear in Paris: The U.S. has a ways to go before it becomes a 3x3 powerhouse. American men ...

7. List of ball games - Wikipedia

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   Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball. Invasion games, such as football and basketball. Net and wall games, such as volleyball. Racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, squash and badminton. Throwing sports, such as dodgeball and bocce. Cue sports, such as pool and snooker. Target sports, such as golf and bowling.

8. 3 years before Kansas City mass shooting, suspect drew ... - AOL

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   A probation sentence for the 23-year-old expired less than a week before the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs victory rally. 3 years before Kansas City mass shooting, suspect drew gun at rec ...

9. Arcade game - Wikipedia

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   An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games or merchandisers.