Full Court Advantage: A Guide to Basketball
What do fonts, organizing, self-esteem in children and pulled muscles have to do with basketball? More than you might think! This guide covers interesting basketball facts that take you from the locker room to the board room, from the gym class to grammar class and from preschool to college. Basketball, a game founded in Springfield, MA back in 1891 by James Naismith. The first basketball hoop was a peach basket fastened to the balcony railing. After it became obvious that having to run up to the balcony each time a basket was made to retrieve the ball was a bit tiresome, modifications were made and improved upon. Basketball is one of the most popular sports in America.
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