Basketball

Dr. James Naismith was trying to make a new game for his phy. ed class to play. He nailed up to peach baskets to opposite ends of a gym and he used a soccer ball. He gave the game the name "Basket Ball"

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i will allow the fact that they blew a three game lead this season, but overall, the broncos rock. i love them and allways will and, just saying, you need to get off your high horse. you seem just a little bit cocky to me.

he made it into the NBA

One might find local stores that sell basketball sporting goods by searching sporting good store names on the internet, a telephone book, flyers that stores have hand delivered to people's homes.

a field goal worth 3 points because the shooter had both feet on the floor behind the 3-point line when he released the ball also counts if one foot is behind the line while the other is in the air.

Well it depends who you are. But on average a wnba player could make up to 8 times more of what they make in the wnba.

High school basketball in the U.S. usually starts in early November and finishes in February or March depending on Playoffs.

College Basketball usually starts in the fall and ends in the first week of April.

The NBA (Professional) starts around Halloween and the Finals do not end until June usually.

Basketball, well, depending on who you are it will have different effects on your body. Some people will get bad knees and others will stay fit or possibly lose weight.

Five per team, for a total of 10 players on the court.
10, 5 for each team.

Robert Parish was 43 when he won his last championship with Chicago.

There are two different basketball sizes, a guys ball and a girls ball, girls will have the inscription 28.5 on it and are a smaller standard size then a mens ball. those are the two different sizes

Kawhi Leonord is the best basketball Star for the NBAs San Antonio Spurs. BOI!!!!

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Wilt Chamberlain is the only one to have scored 100 points in a game and get 55 rebounds in that same game. The only one that has come close to that was Kobe Bryant when he scored 81 pts in one game.

On March 2, 1997 at Dallas Horacia Llamas made history by becoming the first Mexican-born player to appear in an NBA game.

The 2nd to appear in the NBA is none other then Eduardo Najera of the Denver Nuggets.

Manuel Ragga was the first Mexican player drafted (in 1970 by the Atlanta Hawks) though he never played in the NBA due to contract issues.

A regulation NBA backboard will be rectangular shaped and 54 x 32 inches in diameter.

By having a game in a large city:

1. brings money to the city, therefore increasing money for surrounding businesses.

2. More people can attend the activity when it is more accessible for more people to go because it is closer to their home.

3. the sports teams will make more money when more people attend the event.

I'm assuming you are talking about offensive moves. This is a bit like asking how many ways there are to play the guitar. There are hundreds of moves, each with multiple variations, resulting in an almost infinite amount of moves.

You would have to ask his grandmother this question as we only know she gave him the nickname.

1. Dribble close to you and close to the ground.

2. Do not take your eye away from your defender; he can steal the ball at any time.

3. Do not try many fancy moves (i.e. behind the back passes) as your chances of retaining the ball are not good.

In its initial form called Mintonette, the net was only 6 ft 6 in (1m98), but in the modern game known as volleyball, the net height prescribed for men and mixed (co-ed) teams is 7 ft 11 5/8 in (243 cm) and 7 ft. 4 1/8 in (224 cm) for women.

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At the Archbishops Cousin Center in St. Francis, WI.

http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php/Archbishop_Cousins_Center