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Archive for December, 2009
December 09, 2009
Y is basketball offered at most YMCA's?
by Downtown Admin
The YMCA is actually noted for the invention of Basketball. Dr James Naismisth a professor at the Y.M.C.A. Training School (now Springfield College located in Springfield, Massachusetts), was challenged to create a vigorous indoor sport that was suitable to play during the New England winters. Initiall ...more
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