The basketball association of america and the national basketball league merged on august 5, 1976, creating the national basketball association nba. Top 10 lists of everything in basketball, by the editors of sports illustrated kids this book is the perfect gift for young basketball fans. We offer a great selection of books on basketball history, the best teams and matches, album of famous basketball moments, the best choice for every basketball collector. Interesting facts and sports stories sports trivia 4. Basketball facts and stats, including the origin of the nba. Top 10 facts about basketball james naismith, the man widely regarded as the inventor of basketball, was born on november 6, 1861. Baker, a professor of history at the university of maine. Fact 1 in the very beginning of basketball, the color of most basketballs was brown, but lately, its more common to see an orange basketball. Our basketball team history book enables you retrace the history of any n. Naismith was a 31year old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. Basketball facts for kids fun facts about basketball for. Three years later he died, after nearly forty years as head of the physical education department at the university of kansas.
Basketball is one of the few sports whose exact origin is definitely known. The first company to produce a basketball for official use was spalding, and they have produced the official nba game ball since 1983. Written in list format, its jampacked with a ton of trivia about the game, leagues, and players. Basketball is an original american game invented by dr. The uconn huskies womens basketball team is the college basketball program representing the university of connecticut in storrs, connecticut, in ncaa division i womens basketball competition. Basketball history had a mile stone when the first college games took place in new yorks madison square garden stadium and this is when college level basketball started to get high levels of interest. Fact 2 the first basketball game took place in 1892, where the court was half the size of todays courts. Its been called the blues, the bronchos, and the naps. Find books about basketball history and famous basketball. They completed a sevenseason tenure in the american athletic conference in 201920, and will join the big east conference for the next ncaa basketball season in 202021. Readers will love discovering the history of races like the indianapolis 500 and. Naismith wrote the basic rules and then nailed a peach basket onto a 10foot tall pole. The best book of basketball facts and stats best book of. These are the rules published in january 1892 in the school newspaper where he instituted the game.
James naismith came up with a new way to help with conditioning for young athletes in the winter time. The game became established fairly quickly and grew very popular as the 20th century. The 10 greatest basketball players of all time britannica. Basketball was invented in december 1891 by the canadian clergyman, educator, and physician james naismith. The nba first came to be as the basketball association of america in 1946, and one of the teams was called the. The first string nets were used in the early 1900s that were of a simple design and structure. Interesting facts and sports stories sports trivia. The story of pistol pete is an interesting story that any true basketball fan would enjoy. He is a very good writer and knows how to tell a good story with a twinkle in his eyes. See the fact file below for more information on the basketball or alternatively, you can download our 25page basketball worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment. If you like our lists on myth debunking and fascinating facts, you will love this book.
History of basketball news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2016. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop that is 10 feet high, mounted to a backboard at each end. The basketball game consists of two teams, each with 10 players 5 holders and 5 reserves who aim to make as many points as possible during the game. The first basketball hoops were peach baskets with the bottom intact in which the officials had to get the ball out after each point scored. Basketball has a long history dating back to 1891 when rules were much different. His thought process was to retain an example of each card that topps had made, and in basketballs case, this would limited to 2 years that were made available and possibly created at the topps auction.
It is really exciting for the basketball lovers to know who are in the list of the best nba players. The allwhite national basketball league began to racially integrate in 1942 with 10 black players joining two teams, the. This is divided into 4 times, each with 10 minutes. The history of basketball began with its invention in 1891 in springfield, massachusetts by canadian physical education instructor james naismith as a less injuryprone sport than football. Here are the top 10 best nba players, who were selected after analyzing their popularity, scores and records in the nba games. He invented the sport to keep his students from becoming bored during the winter. For this one fact alone, he is worth listening to when it comes to basketball. It is a singleelimination tournament, and seeding is based on regular season records. Books include your teams biggest games and greatest players and offer optional personalization on the cover. He also wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the. I have shelves full of them and i read them all the time. How a canadian invented basketball when a canadian invented one of americas favorite pastimes 125 years ago, his original rules required only two typewritten pages and a quick lineedit.
This book, originally published in 1941, carries a new introduction by william j. The history, or origin of basketball is actually pretty simple. The possession of the ball is decided with a ball in the air, thrown by the referee, and each team. The american basketball association aba was a 10team rival. The atlantic 10 conference mens basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in mens basketball for the atlantic 10 conference a10. The ten best basketball books of all time truehoop espn. He won a league title in all but two of his seasons as a member of the boston celtics. At the time, the ball that was used was a soccer style ball. Pat summitt born in 1952, pat summitt, womens head coach at the university of tennessee, is the alltime winningest coach at any level in college basketball. The womens basketball hall of fame building also encompasses the worlds largest basketball, that is 30 feet tall and weighs 10 tons. A file copy book was an archival idea devised by woody gelman, a topps company pioneer. Nolan ryan had the longest career in baseball history that lasted 27 years. It doesnt need a coach you dont coach basketball, you just play it.
Michael jordan is known to be one of the best basketball players in history. Everything you need to know about the teams, players, coaches, and history. Nevertheless, he became basketball coach at kansas in 1900, and lost his first game 488 to nebraska. Each hoop is attached to a backboard and the rim of each hoop should be 10 feet off the ground if you want to play like the pros. Creature catalog all about books grammar and spelling speaking of language mythology. In early december 1891, james naismith, a canadian physical education teacher at springfield college in springfield, massachusetts invented an indoor game called basketball. The nba according to the sports guy, bill simmons, aka espns the sports guy, writes what may be considered the definitive book on basketball, a complete history of the game. Its also been called a lot worse during hard times when the team wasnt winning. The tournament has been held every year since 1977. The history of basketball began with its invention in 1891 in springfield, massachusetts by. Heres a list of the most interesting facts you probably didnt know about. On the other hand, she is five years younger than dionne is. History of basketball, basketball history and origin and.
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