Basketball Association of America

interesting is wheelchair basketball. At the end of World War II in 1946, many veterans returned to the United States paralyzed or confined to wheelchairs as a result of the injuries they suffered from the war. These veterans were frustrated but full of energy. As a form a rehabilitation, these veterans started playing wheelchair basketball. The California Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America played the first match of wheelchair basketball. Soon after wheelchair basketball spread across the nation

The Conqueror’s Sport: Basketball There is no question as to the immense and still growing popularity of basketball as one of the major competitive sports in the world. There is almost no major country in the world without an official team participating in the Federation Internationale Basketball (FIBA) leagues nowadays. Our own country, the Philippines, loves the sport with a passion. For all those unfamiliar with the sport (which are very hard to find nowadays), basketball is a two team game, composed

In 1947, the first Japanese basketball player, Wataru Misaka, was drafted into the NBA (National Basketball Association) and played a total of seven games before being cut for unknown reasons. There have been many speculations as to why Misaka was cut, such as racial tensions between Japanese and Americans or the recent end to internment camps but I believe there is an underlying issue as to why he was cut, racism in the NBA. Even more worrying, nowadays Asian basketball players such as Jeremy Lin

has helped increase the advertising revenues for the NBA by 500 percent since 2001. Akamai has helped the NBA compete in this market by enabling basketball fans across the world to access the exclusive content of NBA digitally on many platforms, making it easy to navigate. Akamai provides a global video streaming service in Europe, Asia and North America. The Akamai video stream provides high quality content, with high speeds and it reduces the time spent navigating through services. This has enhanced

always had my teachers, parents and even close friends of mine always concerned or asking me this million-dollar question. Kristoff, what you want to be in life? What motivates you? The same two questions constantly on repeat in the back of my head. Basketball is one of well-known sport that is now nationwide. It is America’s past time when it

other major sporting goods, such as football and basketball equipment, which leads to the very successful product that i am about to discuss: Spalding branded Basketballs. Spalding expanded their manufacturing business to basketball in 1894, where they would create the

hours worked. The military requires a minimum age of 17 with parents consent to join. Wow a 17 year old can be allowed to carry and M16 A4 rifle and fight for his/her country. But the National Basketball Association wants to up the age to 20 years old. Adam Silver is the National Basketball Association commissioner and he is wanting to raise the age that player can enter the league from 19 to 20. Doing so would stop many college players from leaving school after one year. He has been quoted as

than everyone else, he would be able to achieve greater success than anyone else. Michael Jordan is America Cool because of his basketball career and his popular shoe brand. The Jordans 1 were made in the signature style of Micheal Jordan. The shoe called, “Air Jordan was produced for use by Michael Jordan.” His basketball career grew big and Jordan's personal goal was to become the best basketball player in the history of the sport. This goal, however, did not leave him with a lot of drive and desire

cultural life, such as their defining and histories. Russia, also known as Russian Federation, is the largest country in the world. It is made up of 9 various time zones and shares its land borders with 14 neighboring countries. America, known as the United States of America, is only the third-largest country in the world with a total area of 3,806,000 square miles. It also includes 4 time zones. The early history of Russia, similar to those of numerous nations, is one of moving people groups and

Both football and basketball are highly populated sports in the United States of America, however, they have vast amounts differences in the style of play. There can be lots of comparing and contrasting the two sporting events based on the history, how they are played, who plays them, and any other similarities and differences about the two sports. The history of basketball began in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts by James Naismith, a Canadian physical education instructor. Reason being is the