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Inside the new Basketball Hall of Fame, this statue pays tribute to James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Naismith used a soccer ball, two peach baskets and a set of 13 rules to keep a class of rowdy young men occupied during the long New England winter of 1891. The rest, as they say, is history. < Previous Page - Next Page > Related Resources: |
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