Do you know what is the only popular sport that was born in America? It is basketball.
Dr. James Naismith was gym teacher in Massachusetts. The pupils had little to do at night, so Dr. Naismith mase up a game to keep them occupied. He put up two peach baskets and got a soccer ball. The rules were very simple in those days just get the ball into the basket.
Dr. Naismith said there could be from three to forty players at one time on the floor. At Cornell University there once were fifty players on each side. How the game has changed!
Today, basketball is played and watched by millions of people all over the world.