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Old 12-15-2007, 06:50 AM   # 1 Quick Link (permalink)
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This Day In History: James Naismith Invents Basketball

Looking for a way to relieve the boredom of his students during indoor gym classes, Naismith nailed a peach basket to each end of a gymnasium, created two teams of nine players, and thus invented basketball. The sport was inspired in part by a game Naismith had played as a child called “Duck-on-a-Rock.” One month later, Naismith published rules for the game, which did not allow for what is known today as dribbling; players had to move the ball up the court in what way?


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...by clenching it between the cheeks of their bums?
 

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...by clenching it between the cheeks of their bums?

Well that is just plain disturbing is that how they play it in Maine?
 

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Naismith,...another Canadian
 

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Naismith is the only coach in Kansas Jayhawks history with a losing record but I guess you get a pass as the inventor of the game.
 

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Well that is just plain disturbing is that how they play it in Maine?

Of course....any other way is cheatin'!!!.................ayuh.
 

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