History of Basketball
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The game of basketball has evolved a great deal throughout the years. Basketball was invented on December 21, 1891. The inventor of the game was a Canadian clergyman, James Naismith Joseph Morse, 1973. The game of basketball was fashioned from fragments of other games, seeking to eliminate flaws of indoor rugby, soccer and lacrosse. Naismith also borrowed aspects from the children's game "Duck-on-a-Rock," in which children tried to knock off a rock from a boulder by tossing smaller rocks from about 20 feet away Lauren S. Bahr, 1995. There has been no question that basketball was first played in the...
salaries and endorsements. The players use to play for the love of the game but now players play for the money aspects of it also. Which I think is ridiculous, for a player to be getting paid millions of dollars for a single season. But on the other hand I would not mind getting paid millions for playing basketball. Even though basketball is becoming more commercialized and money oriented, I still would play and watch the game of basketball. I still believe that there still playing basketball for the right reason, which is for the love of the game.

salaries and endorsements. The players use to play for the love of the game but now players play for the money aspects of it also. Which I think is ridiculous, for a player to be getting paid millions of dollars for a single season. But on the other hand I would not mind getting paid millions for playing basketball. Even though basketball is becoming more commercialized and money oriented, I still would play and watch the game of basketball. I still believe that there still playing basketball for the right reason, which is for the love of the game.
Kids' baseball is a really great American tradition. Fathers can relate to their kids who play Little League because male adults remember the experience as something vital that taught them life-skills and socialization during their youth. Little League is as American as apple pie and now the rest of...
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Fox hunting, as you probably already know is considered a `sport" amongst some people. Fox hunting is barbaric and disgusting and how it is labelled a sport one will never know. Like the illegal activities of past times such as dog fighting and bear baiting, the only purpose of foxhunting...
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Question 1 The following assignment will see me look at two job adverts both related to sport. The first job specification is based in the public sector at the University of Warwick as a Greater Warwickshire Sport Partnership Community Sport Manager. The second job specification in based in the private...
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Introduction Performance enhancing drugs in sports has become a controversial topic in today's professional sports world, as pros and cons are discussed in the media and among professional organizations. Today's athletes continue to push the boundaries of excellence in performance and physical fitness. Helping these athletes are more refined training...
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