Wednesday 25 March 2009

Championship Basketball


Championship basketball, whether at the college level, like NCAA basketball, or the professional basketball league, is one of the most popular sports today. Many people each year are eager to watch every minute of basketball season, but they may not know how the sport began.

Basketball was actually invented by a Canadian, James Naismith in 1891. At the time, Naismith was a physical education teacher at SpringfieldCollege in Massachusetts. The college was then known as the YMCATraining School. Winters in New England were brutal, and Mr. Naismith was given the challenge of creating an indoor game to keep students active during the winter months. Championship Basketball - Read Full Story

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