The History of Basketball

Do you think that the U.S.A. could've rejected basketball?The sport basketball has been played for many years. It has spread to many countries around the world. The game is played by various races. The first basketball type game may have been played by early Olmec people 500 years ago. Skulls were used as the ball for the game. January 20th, 1892 in Springfield, Massachusetts the first basketball game took place. "Doctor James Naismith invented the game for the YMCA to play in winter months ("The History of Basketball"). Many people enjoyed watching the sport in many regions. Basketball started growing to be one of the best sports in the world. There were a lot of great coaches and players in the NBA. Local neighborhoods started up their own league to face other teams. "November 7, 1896 the first known professional basketball game took place in Trenton New Jersey between Trenton YMCA and Brooklyn YMCA" ("History of Basketball"). Other leagues across the world started to form basketball teams.  Soon basketball spread to colleges including the NAVY but only a few colleges would participate. In England a certain league got big boost of exposure when they allowed an African American to play. Why do you think that colleges formed their own league? With the season ending 10-4 Yale went on to win the championship. At the time the ref training course were not trained well on fouls. It was close to impossible to have a good ref at every game. Minnesota with their record being 11-0 became the first undefeated basketball team. The college league made their own league because the president warned them that they would be shutdown. Some teams remained independent to travel the world to play for money. These teams were called barnstormers. "These Teams were Original Celtics, SPHA'S, Buffalo Germans, Trojans of New York, two all African American teams, New York Renaissance Five, and the most famous the Harlem Globetrotters" ("History of Basketball").



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