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A Journey from Peach Baskets to Global Game: A Short History of Basketball
On a chilly December day in 1891, in a small gym in Springfield, Massachusetts, a new sport was born. The man behind it was James Naismith, a Canadian-born physical education instructor at the YMCA Training School, tasked with creating a game that could keep students active indoors during the winter. He hung two peach baskets on the walls and drafted 13 basic rules. Thus, basketball began.
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