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Basketball
Basketball:a sport played by
two teams of five who goal is
to score points by inserting a specialized ball into
a netted hoop on the two ends of a court. The Olmec
people of Mexico and the Aztecs played a game very
similar to what we call basketball. Canadian doctor
James Naismith developed what we now know as the
game Basketball.