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Native American sports and games (4 C, 25 P) P. ... Pages in category "Sports originating in the United States" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 ...
The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby football, British baseball, rounders, and association football, respectively. Over time, these sports diverged significantly from their European origins, developing into distinctly American ...
American Sport in International History: The United States and the World Since 1865 (Bloomsbury, 2023). ISBN 978-1-350-13472-0; Gerdy, John R. Sports: The All-American Addiction (2002) online; Gorn, Elliott J. A Brief History of American Sports (2004) Harris, Othello, George Kirsch, et al. eds. Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United ...
The early history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football.Both games have their origin in varieties of football played in Britain in the mid–19th century, in which a football is kicked at a goal or run over a line, which in turn were based on the varieties of English public school football games.
A more modern sport that derives from American football is Arena football, designed to be played indoors inside of ice hockey or basketball arenas. The game was invented in 1981 by Jim Foster and the Arena Football League was founded in 1987 as the first major professional league to play the sport. Several other indoor football leagues have ...
The era of constant connection began in 1971, when U.S. Department of Defense programmer Ray Tomlinson invented a way to send text-based messages from person to person through electronic mail ...
American sports by decade (31 C) American sports by year (177 C) A. African-American sports history (3 C, 34 P) History of American football (12 C, 24 P) C.
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