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To: BenLurkin

“Basketball from the youngest ages and up is a great sport for cold climates.”

That’s one of the reasons James Naismith invented it.

Naismith was Canadian by birth. Lived a lot of his life in the USA and may have become a citizen.


3 posted on 06/18/2019 9:36:13 PM PDT by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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To: Pelham

Yes, he became a citizen. It may have been when he was in Kansas.


5 posted on 06/18/2019 9:38:36 PM PDT by ladyjane
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What's interesting about Naismith is that he invented the game under a strict deadline. I mean, he literally had to come up with something fast, or he would have been fired. I guess those students in the late 1800s were rowdy as Hell.

And most of the rules he created are still used to this day.

7 posted on 06/18/2019 9:57:17 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Isn't it funny that the very people who scream "My body, my choice" wants a say in your healthcare?)
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