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The first basketball hoop was a laundry basket. Which explains why the sport still steals your energy.

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Baseball and softball returned to the Olympics in 2020. Baseball is known as America's pastime. In 1891, James Naismith, a 30-year-old physical education instructor from Springfield, Massachusetts invented an indoor game that could be played between football and baseball seasons - basketball. Basketball originally started the game using a soccer ball. Boxing has been part of the Olympics since 688 BCE. Chess is considered a sport by the International Olympic Committee. See all Sports facts →

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