Basketball
A team sport in which two sides of five players score by putting the ball through a basket set 3.05 m above the floor at each end of the court; it was devised in the United States in 1891.
Basketball player Michael Jordan wore North Carolina shorts under his Chicago Bulls uniform as a ritual, hoping the luck from his 1982 NCAA title shot as a freshman would carry into the NBA.
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During their record 73-win 2015-16 season, the Basketball team Golden State Warriors' new nutritionist banned PB&J sandwiches on team flights. Assistant coach Luke Walton led a revolt, Stephen Curry joined in, and the ban was overturned.
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The basketball hoop sits at exactly 10 feet (3.05m) by accident, not design. In 1891, James Naismith needed a spot for a peach basket at a Springfield YMCA gym, so he used the track's railing — which happened to sit 10 feet up. That accident has been the world standard for 130+ years.
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