This article gave me info on the history of the game and answered some of my questions. http://www.school.eb.com/elementary/article?articleId=352831
- The game was first played with peach baskets
- first olympic competition 1936
- olympiclly started for women in 1956
- womens leagues started in 1970
- NBA popular in the 1980's
Why did the game not catch on in europe until the 1930's?
This post made me realize that all popular sports have a beginning(playing with peach baskets). I realized that someone has to come up with the idea to develop a sport. I did not know that basketball wasn't too popular until last century or the NBA became very popular only a few decades ago. Good post.
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