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The sport of basketball has become one of America’s most favorite sports. There are certain changes that have greatly influenced the popularity of basketball. ... The different people who influenced the game in these areas made changes that have given basketball the popularity it has now. These alterations revolutionized the sport we now know as basketball. ... Originally, Naismith devised a set of thirteen rules of basketball that are as follows:
1. ... As the students read the rules stated above off of the bulletin board they were ready to commence the first ever game of basketball. ... This started the first known basketball game ever played, it has been reported that the score at the end of the contest was 1-0. As the days went by, the game became more and more popular as the men spread the word all across the region of basketball. ... As more and more pople became exposed to the sport, basketball quickly became a favorite pastime at YMCAs across the country. ... In 1936, Naismith traveled to the summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, to see basketball played as an Olympic sport for the first time. Then in 1939 the first NCAA basketball tournament was held which was in response to the maiden National Invitation Tournament that had successfully debuted in March 1938. ... Gulick formed the first basketball rules committee-called the Basketball Co-Operating Committee-to oversee the sport. ... The Reach Official Basketball Guide published in 1901, became the source used by professionals for the next twenty-five years. By that time, colleges had adopted their own rule book-the Official Collegiate Basketball Guide, published by the Spalding Company in 1905. ... The procedure would be followed for most of basketball’s first 50 years. ...
The first basketball game was played with one peach basket and a leather soccer ball. ... The first official basketball was larger than a soccer ball, and slightly bigger than the ball in use today. ... The Spalding Company advertised a basketball outfit in its 1901 catalog. ... Two years later, Spalding advertised the first suction sole basketball shoes, guaranteed to give better traction. ...
Most game played during basketball’s early years were between YMCA teams. One of the foremost clubs of the era was the Trenton Basketball Team, representing the Trenton, New Jersey YMCA. ... This Trenton game is considered to signify the beginning of professional basketball in the United States. ... Then in 1897 it sponsored the first national basketball championship tournament in New York City. ... Soon after, the club announced it’s path to the professional league, which was then the National Basketball League. ... The New York Wanderers thus became the first of the famous barnstorming basketball teams-clubs that traveled from place to place, rather than having a “home” court. ... By receiving five dollars per man, the Wanderers set the stage for the Michael Jordans, Shaqs, and Kobes of the present day by becoming the first basketball players to earn money from endorsements. ... It called itself the National Basketball League (NBL) and consisted of six teams- the Trenton, New Jersey, Nationals; the Millville, New Jersey Glassblowers; the Camden, New Jersey Electrics; the Philadelphia Clover Wheelman; the Germantown, Pennsylvania, Nationals; and the Hancock Athletic Association of Philadelphia. ... These new associations, two of the most prominent being the Central League, which existed from 1906-1912 and the Eastern League, which existed from 1909-1923, flared briefly on the pro basketball scene, then faded into obscurity just as quickly. ... In 1901, the club made headlines by winning the basketball tournament held at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. ... Again the Germans came out on top, winning all five of their games but received no medals because then basketball was a demonstration sport. ... They eventually joined the new American Basketball League in 1925, calling themselves the Buffalo Bison. ... In 1961, the Buffalo Germans became the third team enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a complete unit. ... Although basketball was centered around the YMCA in the beginning, it soon spread to college campuses. ... The first college basketball championship was held as part of the 1904 Olympics, following the open competition that was won by the Buffalo Germans. ... These trips were instrumental in spreading basketball to new parts of the country. ... ”
Basketball has undergone many outstanding and intense changes through its life.
Approximate Word count = 3562
Approximate Pages = 14.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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