which year was  basket ball  established?
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Basketball is a sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop (the basket) under organized rules.\n\nSince its invention in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891, it has developed to become a truly international sport. Organized league play originated in the YMCA; early leagues were formed in colleges. Basketball eventually became a professional sport. Even though it was originally an American sport, it quickly spread internationally and outstanding players and teams are found today all over the world.
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James Naismith was a soccer coach and he wanted to develop an indoor exercise that would keep his team in shape during the off season. So he nailed up wooden fruit baskets on the walls and had his team run around throwing the soccer balls into the fruit baskets. He eventually developed this into basketball as we know it today. If you get a chance, visit the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Massachusetts.\n\nCenturies ago, the Aztecs of Mexico are supposed to have had a basketball-like game, where the two teams tried to kick or throw a heavy rubber ball through an elevated hole in the wall, but we don't consider this to be related to modern basketball.  The losing team was made into human sacrifices; that was their version of 'sudden death overtime'.
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Read about the history of the game here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#Early_basketball
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Volleyball was invented in 1895 by Henry Morgan at a YMCA in Holyoke, MA, just up the road from the YMCA at Springfield, MA, where a few years before, the game of basketball was invented.\n\nVolleyball was primarily played in YMCA's. During World War II, American GI's spread volleyball throughout the world, playing it on their oversea bases.\n\nThe international governing body if the FIVA. The governing body in the US is USA Volleyball.
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Basketball is the best sport in the World. Nothing comes close.
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Dr. James Naismith is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball. He was born in 1861 in Ramsay township, near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. The concept of basketball was born from Naismith's school days in the area where he played a simple child's game known as duck-on-a-rock outside his one-room schoolhouse. The game involved attempting to knock a "duck" off the top of a large rock by tossing another rock at it. Naismith went on to attend McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. \n\nAfter serving as McGill's Athletic Director, James Naismith moved on to the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891, where the sport of basketball was born. In Springfield, Naismith was faced with the problem of finding a sport that was suitable for play inside during the Massachusetts winter for the students at the School for Christian Workers. Naismith wanted to create a game of skill for the students instead of one that relied solely on strength. He needed a game that could be played indoors in a relatively small space. The first game was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. Naismith joined the University of Kansas faculty in 1898, teaching physical education and being a chaplain.\n\nJames Naismith devised a set of thirteen rules of basketball: \n\nThe ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. \nThe ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, but never with the fist. \nA player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man running at good speed. \nThe ball must be held in or between the hands. The arms or body must not be used for holding it. \nNo shouldering, holding, pushing, striking or tripping in any way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next goal is made or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game. No substitution shall be allowed. \nA foul is striking at the ball with the fist, violations of Rules 3 and 4 and such as described in Rule 5. \nIf either side make three consecutive fouls it shall count as a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the meantime making a foul). \nGoal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted from the ground into the basket and stays there, providing those defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edge and the opponents move the basket, it shall count as a goal. \nWhen the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field and played by the first person touching it. In case of dispute the umpire shall throw it straight into the field. The thrower-in is allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go to the opponent. If any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on them. \nThe umpire shall be judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall have the power to disqualify men according to Rule 5. \nThe referee shall be the judge of the ball and decide when it is in play in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the goals with any other duties that are usually performed by a referee. \nThe time shall be two 15-minute halves with five minutes' rest between. \nThe side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winners. \nIn addition to the creation of the basketball, James Naismith graduated as a medical doctor, primarily interested in sports physiology and what we would today call sports science and as Presbyterian minister, with a keen interest in philosophy and clean living. Naismith watched his sport, basketball, introduced in many nations by the YMCA movement as early as 1893. Basketball was introduced at the Berlin Olympi
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Dr.James Naismith (born in Ontario Canada) invented the game of "basket ball".\n\nIt started with throwing balls into peach baskets. He was working in New England at the time (USA). \n\nHe was asked to come up with a game that would distract the students from the cold. He never made a fortune for his invention.\n\n\n\nCheck it out...
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Basketball. I played basketball in school.
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I believe Dick Motta won the Championship with the 1977-78 Washington Bullets.  Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes leading the way.
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Hi there....\n\nThe Continental Basketball Association (CBA)
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There were four Europeans in the NBA (or the BAA as it was called then) during its first year of existence in 1947:\n\nFrido Frey - Germany\nLee Knorek - Poland\nHank Beenders - Netherlands\nHank Biasatti - Italy\n\nThe Bulgarian player you're thinking of might be Georgi Glouchkov, who played in 1986, which was also the first year for Germany's Detlef Schrempf and Uwe Blab.
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Basketball is the best sport ever!!!
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The person who is credited for inventing basketball.  He was a recreation director at the YMCA in Springfield, MA.  He was trying to find an indoor activity game for people to stay active during the winter.  He nailed a peach basket against a wall and had people attempt to throw (shoot) the ball into the basket.  Some one else would then climb a ladder to retrieve the ball.  Some time later, some one came up with the idea to cut out the bottom of the basket; thereby removing the time consuming process of climbing the ladder to retrieve the ball.  The original game had a rule that required a "center jump" (toss-up now used only at the beginning of the game) - after each successful basket.
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No current NBA players participated in the 1976 Summer Games. FIBA allowed professional athletes to play in international competition for the first time in 1989 and the next Olympics was in '92.
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Basketball was probably the top sport. The 90's featured Michael Jordan, who was undoubtably the game's greatest player, and his Chicago Bulls dynasty. The team won 6 championships from 1991 to 1998, including an NBA record 72 wins in '98.
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The Harlem Globetrotters are a basketball team that combines athleticism and comedy to create one of the best-known sports entertainment franchises in the world. Created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, the team adopted the name Harlem because of its connotations as a leading African-American community. Over the years it has toured more than 100 countries, playing more than 20,000 exhibition games, mostly against deliberately ineffective opposition like the Washington Generals (1953–1995) and the New York Nationals (1995–present).\n\nThe Globetrotters are well known throughout the basketball world. The organization started in the Negro American Legion League as the "Giles Post", and in 1926 turned professional as the "Savoy Big Five". That year, promoter Saperstein bought the team and re-named it the Harlem Globetrotters, after the most famous of all African American neighborhoods. After four decades of existence, the Globetrotters played their first "home" game in Harlem in 1968.\n\nThe Globetrotters were initially a serious competitive team, despite their flair for entertainment. Initially, they would only clown for the audience after establishing a safe lead in the game. In 1940, they accepted an invitation to participate in the World Professional Basketball Tournament. Defeating the New York Rens in the semi-finals, they advanced to the championship game, where they beat the Chicago Bruins in overtime by a score of 31-29.\n\nThe Globetrotters beat the premier professional team, George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers, for two games in a row in 1948 and 1949, with the Lakers winning the third contest. The February 1948 win (by a score of 61-59, on a buzzer beater) was a hallmark in professional basketball history, as the all-black Globetrotters proved they were on an equal footing with the all-white Lakers. Momentum for ending the NBA's color line grew, and in 1950, Chuck Cooper became the first black player drafted by an NBA team. From that time on the Globetrotters had increasing difficulty attracting and retaining top talent.
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On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players.\n\nAfter an observer noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896 played at the Springfield YMCA, the game quickly became known as volleyball (originally spelled as two words). Volleyball rules were slightly modified by the Springfield YMCA and spread around the country to other YMCA locations.