Springfield
,
Massachusetts
is
the
place
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basketball
was
invented
.
James
Naismith
was
a
Canadian
sports
teacher
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taught
at
Springfield
College
.
He
wanted
a
ball
sport
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you
could
play
indoors
in
the
winter
when
the
weather
was
bad
.
He
had
18
students
in
his
class
,
so
he
created
a
game
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had
two
teams
of
nine
players
.
He
wrote
the
first
basketball
rulebook
in
1981
.
Today
the
game
is
played
with
teams
____________________
have
five
players
each
.
It's
an
international
sport
and
is
one
of
the
most
popular
sports
in
the
world
.
The
USA
is
one
of
the
countries
____________________
basketball
is
very
popular
.
Players
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are
successful
can
earn
a
lot
of
money
.
