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BASKETBALL: Naismith Memorial George Hepbron, Still Pond // A friend of the game's inventor, James Naismith, Hepbron is credited with writing the first book about basketball (How to Play Basketball), as well as creating interpretations of many of the...Tags: Josh Gibson, PGA Tour, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Triple Crown
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Babe Ruth's 1920 Yankees jersey sells for $4.4 million
Who will end up with the prize of the sports memorabilia auction isn’t yet clear, but the winning bid certainly was enough to grab anyone's attention. A New York Yankees jersey that is the earliest known uniform to be worn by Babe Ruth sold for a...
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MLB roundup: Arrests made in Dodger Stadium altercation
ReutersThe Sports Xchange MLB roundup: Arrests made in Dodger Stadium altercation Four people were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in a beating in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after Sunday night's game. A minor accident apparently...Tags: Mark Ellis, Cory Luebke, Yoshinori Tateyama, Minor League Baseball, Houston Astros
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Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $4.4 million
ReutersBy Karen Brooks May 21 (Reuters) - The earliest known New York Yankees jersey worn by slugger Babe Ruth was sold for $4.4 million, a record for a piece of sports memorabilia. The circa 1920 jersey was sold to an undisclosed buyer for $4,415,658 on...Tags: New York Yankees, David Wells, Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Super Bowl
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Riviera Country Club to host of U.S. Amateur
Riviera Country Club, which has been the course for the regular Los Angeles stop on the PGA Tour 37 of the last 39 years, has been selected by the United States Golf Assn. as the host course for the 2017 U.S. Amateur championship.
The 1948 U.S. Open, won...Tags: PGA Tour, Maria Sharapova, UCLA Bruins, Dicky Pride, Hale Irwin
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Lakers vs. Nuggets: How they match up
The Nuggets have never won a playoff series in five tries against the Lakers, and there's little evidence to suggest an upset here.
While the Nuggets pressed to get into the playoffs, the Lakers rested Kobe Bryant eight of their last 10 games, and gave...Tags: Ron Artest, Los Angeles Lakers, Matt Barnes (basketball), Devin Ebanks, Mike Brown (basketball)
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Once Again, We're Only Talking About The NFL
The Hartford CourantOnly the NFL can turn March Madness into, "Isn't there a basketball tournament going on this month?" Only the NFL is that big, that powerful, that popular. And by the time Commissioner Roger Goodell, the Broncos and Jets were done with us Wednesday,...Tags: MetLife Incorporated, New England Patriots, Sean Payton, New York Jets, Football
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Transy's Ethan Spurlin named to NABC All-American Team
LEXINGTON, KY - The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced its NCAA Division III All-American teams Thursday at the Final Four in Salem, Va., and Transylvania's Ethan Spurlin was on the third team.Earlier in the week, Spurlin, a junior who...
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Teel Time: Virginia's opponent was St. Mary's instead of Florida on preliminary NCAA bracket
Selection Sunday used to be fascinating but maddening. Fascinating when the NCAA revealed the bracket for its basketball tournament. Maddening when the selection committee refused to detail its deliberations. “If I told you, I’d have to...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Florida State Seminoles, Marshall Thundering Herd, Missouri Tigers, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Pendergast Still Trying To Get Basketball Practice Facility Built At UConn
The Hartford CourantThe argument has been made. Heck, it's an argument made years ago. So we'll go straight to the bottom line on the proposed $30 million UConn basketball practice facility. "We've reached a level of about $10 million in pledge support," said John Martin,...Tags: University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Program, Geno Auriemma, Basketball, University of Connecticut, Charity
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James Naismith
From the Kansas Historical Society:
Inventor of basketball: Born: 6 November 1861, Canada. Died: 28 November 1939, Lawrence, Kansas.
James Naismith was born November 6, 1861, in Almonte, Ontario, Canada to John and Margaret (Young) Naismith. Orphaned...Tags: College Football, Clubs and Associations, Colleges and Universities
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Practices get under way for men's basketball
Things were pretty normal for the opening night of practice for Division I men's basketball.
Most of Friday night's events were called some form of madness, from Big Blue to Mountaineer to First Night. Most of them ended well before the midnight part...Tags: Students, Climbing, Atlantic Coast Conference, St. John's Red Storm, Teaching and Learning
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