Basketball

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Popularity of Basketball worldwide

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FIBA World Championship History (PDF)
United States Men's World Championship Team History
"PR N1 FIBA Basketball World Cup officially launched in Madrid". FIBA. 26
January 2012.

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http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/50470/arti.html.
Retrieved 26 January 2012.
Kennedy, John (12 March 2008). "'El Primer Crack' of Argentine Basketball: Oscar
Furlong". Society for Irish Latin American Studies (John Kennedy).
http://www.irlandeses.org/0803kennedyc2.htm. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
McCallum, Jack (18 February 1991). "Lords of the Rings". Sports Illustrated.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1118882/1/index.htm
. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
FIBA.com Archive - Yugoslavia.
"Ancient Egypt in basketball". egyptology.blogspot.com. 17 January 2006.
http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2006/01/ancient-egypt-in-basketball.html.
Retrieved 8 September 2010.
"Naismith Trophy Unites Five Continents". FIBA.com.
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/event-guide/p/trophy.html. Retrieved
7 September 2010.

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1. "The CENTER Of The World. (Cover Story)." Foreign Policy 150 (2005): 66-74.
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2. Ballard, Chris. "A Hero In Hiding." Sports Illustrated 101.18 (2004): 58-62.
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1. Eldridge, Larry. "Anatomy of a sport's turnaround: David Stern has led the NBA
from scandal and financial woe to worldwide popularity." Christian Science
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Monitor 6 Mar. 1989: 14. Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.
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"Ball-playing motorists can slam dunk and drive." Australian [National, Australia]
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Thomas, Robert Mcg., Jr. "BASKETBALL; Day Later, It Remains a Shock Felt
Around the World." New York Times 9 Nov. 1991. Opposing Viewpoints In
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"Basketball Fever Catching On." Africa News Service 9 Apr. 2007. Opposing
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"Basketball in drive to boost its popularity." Age [Melbourne, Australia] 3 Apr.
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"Basketball still courting popularity in Canada CENTENNIAL'A world-popular
game, invented by a Canadian, moves into its second century, suffering an
identity problem here." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada] 20 Dec. 1991: C11.
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Robbins, Liz. "The N.B.A. and China Hope They've Found the Next Yao." New York
Times 25 June 2007: D1(L). Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 14 Mar. 2013.
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History of Basketball (ODP & Wiki Eternal)
1. The First Basket: an early history of basketball (video):
http://www.thefirstbasket.com/story.html.
2. Transcript of Naismith's original notes on the first basketball game
3. A video: The New Woman: A New Game
4. Class C: The Only Game In Town Documentary produced by Montana PBS
5. Playing for the World Documentary produced by Montana PBS
6. A History of NBA Uniforms - Depictions of the uniforms worn by NBA teams over
the years.
7. Black Fives - Early all-black basketball teams, related vintage product replicas.
8. Buchan Bakers of Seattle, Washington - History and stories of the 1950s amateur
basketball team who were also national AAU champs in 1956.
9. Database Basketball - Statistical history of the NBA and ABA, includes players,
team schedules, scores, standings, and awards.
10.Dr. James Naismith - Foundation features biography of the man known as the
inventor of the sport of basketball.
11.Infoplease.com: Pro Basketball - NBA championships, All-Star Game results,
annual awards, ABA, CBA, ABL and WNBA.
12.Matthew Maurer's Draft Review - By year, college, nationality, NBA team, and
last name.
13.Missouri Sports Hall of Fame - Basketball inductees to the Missouri Sports Hall of
Fame.
14.Remember the American Basketball Association - Team histories, logos,
statistics, yearly standings and playoff results, uniforms and pennants.
15.Unofficial Homepage of the ABA's Virginia Squires - Clay Shampoe and Tom
Garrett's tribute page honoring the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball
Association. Includes a photo gallery, timeline history, a "Featured Player
Biography," a "Day in Virginia Squires History," and trivia.

National Basketball Association (NBA)

1. Official website (Mobile)
2. The league also has an official English-language website with a more worldwide
perspective, with emphasis on stories outside North America. Localized Englishlanguage versions also exist for Africa, India, the Philippines and the United
Kingdom.
3. Two different Spanish-language official websites are availableone focused on
the United States and Latin America and the other on Spain. The Spanish
website is a partnership between the league and Spanish sports daily Marca.
4. Official websites are also available in Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese,
French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese and Korean.
5. National Basketball Players Association
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6. National Basketball Referees Association
7. NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History
8. NBA & ABA Transactions Archive

Basketball & Physics

1. Basketball Explorations - Basketball is a game that involves many disciplines
notably math, physics and arts. Educational site developed by students for
ThinkQuest as a project to show how these disciplines relate to basketball. Also
resources index.
2. Basketball Player Salaries - Part 3 of a scientific research by the Applied
Economic Laboratory and Research Seminar considering racism, the NBA draft,
the skill of basketball scouts, and other factors.
3. Journal of Basketball Studies - Clearinghouse of research about basketball.
Primarily statistical studies as tools to analyze teams and individuals.
4. Sports!Science: Basketball - Bibliography of articles about basketball science
from Exploratorium.edu
5. The NBA Basketball Player Link Finder - Mathematical player connection. The CGI
program is based on basic concepts of graph theory, which is an area of
mathematics and computer science.

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