BASKETBALL: HOW IT WAS CREATED AND HOW IT RECEIVED ITS NAME

Term Paper Title	BASKETBALL: HOW IT WAS CREATED AND HOW IT RECEIVED ITS NAME
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BASKETBALL: HOW IT WAS CREATED AND HOW IT RECEIVED ITS NAME

In today�s fast pace world, we marvel as superstars such as Micheal Jordan leaps into the air like a bird taking off for flight. We give �ooh�-s as Clyde Drexler majestically glides across the wooden court, and �aah� as Shaq does a powerful slam-dunk, which shatters the glass backboard into millions of pieces. Watching all of these fantastic spectacles, one question unconsciously runs through our minds: How did this game get �invented� and how did it get its name?
On a cold winter day in 1891, a man by the name of James Naismith (after being assigned by his professor, Dr. Luther Culick, to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the winter season) slowly walked down the halls of the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, while conjuring up a new game. Shortly after arriving at the gymnasium, he asked the janitor for two boxes. At his request, Naismith received two peach baskets. He instructed the janitor to place the baskets at opposite ends and tie them to a lower rail of the running track (which happened to be approximately ten feet tall) (Ebert and Cheatum 1-3). As it was just an experiment, ...

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