Basketball

Baseball; what people don't know is Jackie Robinson got his start in athletics playing for a negro basketball team called the Los Angeles Red Devils (Thomas 2). In the 1920s much of society was segregated. Basketball became an outlet for many people. “The game millions watch today had its definite beginnings in the small town of Springfield, Massachusetts, in the mind of Dr. James Naismith” (History of Basketball 1 ). Dr. Naismith was working for the YMCA when they asked him to create a new…

Basketball is arguably the greatest sport to ever exist. Basketball is literally for everything: fun; reliving stress, anger, depression; and especially for a living. Hence the sport being made into a moy making organization, but only for the NBA lower leagues except for the college level. To play the sport of basketball takes many things, and many people have what it takes. Even if it’s only playing in college, a minor league, or the NBA. The Great Plains played a huge role in the inventory of…

How the league became the BIG leagues Basketball when it began was just another game to play in P.E./ gym class during the winter but it soon became something bigger than that to this day we have a whole month that everyone gets excited about and its name is march madness. People fill out brackets and compete online or with their friends to see whose bracket will be close to perfect. Basketball wasn’t this popular when it first began they formed a pro league in 1946 that is well known today has…

Basketball has always been a passion of mine and it always will be. As you can see, this is a basketball. This is your average basketball court. The goal is to get the ball in the basket. It’s that simple. I’ve always loved playing basketball, especially games with my friends . This passion came from my neighbors. One is a sophomore at Ridgeview and the other one is a 7th grader. At that time I just moved in and didn’t really have any friends to talk to or play with. One day I was throwing out…

Football and Basketball are very popular sports and played in different parts of the world. There are some similarities between the sport with the biggest one being they are a sport and played with some type of ball. The balls used in each sport are filled with air and made of leather. Another common similarity is they are timed sports and use referees. Each sport has its own professional team located in different cities in the United States and draw many fans to the games each year. The two…

magnificent is the sport of basketball. Now, in my senior year at Cedar Park High School, I am playing on the varsity team. This will be my second year competing at the varsity level for basketball, but gaining the ability to be a decent competitor at this level did not come with ease. My current success required endless amounts of hard work, determination, and the everlasting desire to become successful. Starting much earlier than most kids, I began playing basketball at the age of just four…

do these people have in common? They play basketball. It is playable at many different levels. There are high school, college, professional, and even international teams. Basketball has become so popular due to the simplicity of it. The game as we know it wasn 't always the way we think of it today. Basketball has evolved in many ways over the years with all the history, rules refinements, rule additions, and the basic play. Today 's version of basketball is very different from the original…

more than one aspect. Basketball is one of the aspects of my life, and it is the one I enjoy the most outside of academics.…

Basketball Evolution A game of finesse, high speed and show-time is how most people would describe their experience at a basketball game. It is hard to believe that the first basketball teams shot at peach baskets. Also, players were not allowed to dribble the ball when basketball was first invented. If compared, it is easily seen how the sport of basketball dramatically changed over the years. Born November 6, 1861 in Ontario, James Naismith designed and founded the game of basketball. He was…

Basketball was created in 1891 and more than 3oo million people play it.Basketball has changed over the years in many ways.One way is the ball, the ball has drastically changed material wise and design wise.The gameplay has also changed is the hoops,the hoops used to be peach baskets instead of metal goals. Basketball was created in 1891 by a P.E teacher named Dr.James naismith.James naismith was a man who loved sports and loved God.At the springfield Massachusetts YMCA James created…