December 3rd, 2006

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National Basketball History

The history of what today is called the National Basketball Association (NBA) began in 1946. In 1946, it was called the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league was mostly started by people who owned sports arenas in the United States, most importantly the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Earlier attempts had been [...]

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The Nike Baseball Gloves

Nike baseball gloves are a somewhat new endeavor for the company, although in recent years they have grown in approval. The company offers gloves in two product lines : “Pro Gold” and “SDR”, with Pro Gold being the higher end gloves selling for higher price, and the SDR gloves selling from mid to higher price. [...]

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Basketball Hoop Dreams Hoopla

Basketball bears a distant resemblance to it’s early days, when the basketball net wasn’t a net at all but a peach basket. Apparently James Naismith the inventor of basketball, had a keen intuition for sports, but not quite so keen on physics. The obvious problem with the impromptu basketball net, was that there was no [...]

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