History of basketball: Media
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The competition that would become March Madness dates back to the NCAA's first Division...
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Basketball inventor James Naismith holding a ball and a peach basket, the first basketball...
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Players shooting into a closed-bottom peach basket in an outdoor game of basketball,...
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American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (right) battling Bill Russell (center),...
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Reece (“Goose”) Tatum of the Harlem Globetrotters holding the ball, 1952.
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Maryland's Kristi Toliver (20) shooting over Duke's Abby Waner in the 2006 NCAA women's...
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American basketball player Anne Donovan (center) of the United States attempting...
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