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Basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was created to condition young athletes during cold months.It consisted of a peach basket and a type of soccer ball,but when he made it he only had 13 rules for it.The NBA started on this day in 1949, after a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form the National Basketball Association…

AUSTIN, Texas--West Virginia University's basketball team is coming off a blowout win over the top-ranked Baylor Bears on Tuesday. Now the 10th-ranked Mountaineers travel to Texas to battle the Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. WVU (14-2, 3-1 Big 12) has used its smothering pressure defense to wear down opponents all season. From the opening tip to the final buzzer, they are constantly in opponents' face. The Mountaineers forced Baylor to turn the ball over a season-high 29 times.…

Jay Cutler is a very famous body builder. He was born August 3,1973. He grew up in Massachusetts and lived there for quite some time. He has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. He was the youngest sibling. He received a college degree in Criminal Justice. Now that he is focussed on his body building he has moved to Las Vegas to live on with his wife, Kerry. He has always been involved in sports growing up. He didn’t get into body building until he was 18 years old. He started out just wanting to look…

Kobe Bryant is one of the most recognizable names in sports. His prominence in basebatball for the last two decades has helped him reach the pinnacle of celebrity status as an athlete. Well, and the fact that he’s played in Los Angeles, home of the strongest spotlight and the brightest stars in America. Kobe, known simply by his first name to even those who haven’t watched a second of basketball, is mentioned with Michael Jordan and LeBron James as the faces of the sport in the last 20 years. So…

The NBA playoffs are where heroes become legends, and through their play legends become basketball gods. The NBA playoffs are filled with so many great moments that people still talk about today. Just think about Reggie Miller breaking the hearts of an entire city in the 1990s, or the constant excellence that are the San Antonio Spurs, who in my opinion are the best run franchise in the last 20 years, or the decorated excellence the Lakers had in the league behind the heroics of Kobe Bryant, and…

As the new NBA season about to unfold months from now, many teams have upgraded their lineup, especially at the point guard position. The New York Knicks got former MVP Derrick Rose from the Chicago in a trade this offseason and the Indiana Pacers got Jeff Teague from the Atlanta Hawks thru trade also. But one team is doing the opposite. The Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to trade their star point guard Ricky Rubio in another team. It's been weeks that Rubio is involved in trade rumors…

Jordans are known and a really popular sneaker everywhere you look! Jordan’s should be everyone's favorite shoe because They are good for basketball. The first ever Jordan released was the “air Jordan 1’s” and those were released in 1965 and they were designed by Peter Moore, Tinker Hatfield, and Bruce Kilgore. Jordan has a shoe named after him because he was the best in the NBA at the time and he's known for his signature dunk he has made over 30 pairs of shoes they all have different names…

There are many National Basketball Association (NBA) players taught there to name from to see who is the best player of all time. You ever wanna know who is the greatest basketball player? Kobe Bryant is a better basketball player than Michael Jordan. One reason Kobe Bryant is better than Michael is stats. Kobe has more stats than Michael the hen it comes to a shooting guard and has more assist. For example, Kobe has averaged 25.4 points per game in his career along with 5.3 rebounds, 4.7…

Michael Jordan the American Icon What makes a person an American Icon? Someone who is admired, well-known and represents some aspect of American society? When thinking of an American Icon who better to come to mind, other than Michael Jordan? Michael Jordan is the exact definition of an American Icon. He is well-known for his performance as a former American professional basketball player by young and old generations. Children all over have grown up watching Michael Jordan with his incredible…

In Zoom Tens’ article “ESPN has Lied To You: Ten Reasons Michael Jordan Is Not the Greatest NBA Player of All Time” Jackson Summer gives readers his own opinion on the subject of the NBA greatest of all time, he first gives a synopsis of Jordan's career and glorifies his accomplishments with statistics and his own opinions as well as listing several other players he feels may qualify for the title. Summer begins with his tenth reason first and continues going down through his main points for his…