James Naismith: Media
Canadian-American athlete and educator
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The competition that would become March Madness dates back to the NCAA's first Division...
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Naismith created the game of basketball as a way to make physical education more...
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Basketball inventor James Naismith holding a ball and a peach basket, the first basketball...
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