Was created by a P.E. Teacher in 1891, from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusettes. His name was Dr.James Naismith. He was a Canadian who was trying to create a game for students that students can play during the long winter to stay active.
When basketball was first invented they would use a wooden hoop, and to get the ball out of the hoop they would have to climb up and take the ball out of the hoop everytime they scored
Basketball is the national sport in Lithuania and Georgia.
The first modern game of basketball was held on January 20th, 1982. The court was half as large as the court is today.
The first ball was fabricated in 1894 ,and it was built like a soccer ball but bigger.
It wasn't required to wear a helmet in the NFL until 1943.
In the 2001 Superbowl a 30 second commercial cost 30 million to advertise.
The value fo the Dallas Cowboys franchise is over 1.5 billion dollars!!!
The NFL is the worlds richest professional sports league, making over a billion dollars annually.
Thanksgiving is the only day that food is consumed more than on the Superbowl.
I only did fun facts on basketball and football because those are the only two sports that interest me. Baseball is just to slow of a game for me to sit there and watch, and in my opinion its not very fun to play either. Soccer just doesn't entertain me enough. I feel like not enough stuff happens in the game, and i feel like people get hurt to much.
