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James Naismith. James Naismith ( NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. [1] [2] [3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University ...
BASEketball is a 1998 American sports comedy film cowritten and directed by David Zucker, starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and costarring Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine and Dian Bachar . The film is about BASEketball, a hybrid sport combining baseball and basketball, invented by Zucker in ...
Marques Haynes (March 10, 1926 – May 22, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and member of the Harlem Globetrotters, notable for his ability to dribble the ball and keep it away from defenders. According to the 1988 film Harlem Globetrotters: Six Decades of Magic, [1] Haynes could dribble the ball as many as 348 times a minute.
See photos from Duke basketball’s 106-69 victory over Queens University at Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. It is the first meeting between the Blue Devils and the Royals.
Leon Wood. 7.9. ← 1976. 1988 →. The 1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, representing the United States. The USA's senior men's team was led by coach Bob Knight, who was also the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers at the time. The team won the tournament's gold medal.
The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the " Dream Team ", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled. [ 2][ 3][ 4]
Austin George Carr (born March 10, 1948 [ 1]) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known by Cleveland basketball fans as "Mr. Cavalier". He was part of the Notre Dame team which defeated the UCLA ...
Cynthia Lynne Cooper-Dyke(born April 14, 1963) is an American basketballcoach and former player who has won championships in college, in the Olympics, and in the Women's National Basketball Association(WNBA). She is considered by many as one of the greatest female basketball players ever.[1]