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James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing basketball in 1891. The first “hoops” were actually just…
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Born: 8/19/1946Birthplace: Hope, Ark. William Jefferson Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Ark., on Aug. 19, 1946. He was named for his father, who was killed in an automobile…
NBA Lockout update by Gerry Brown Check out Earlier Coverage in the Information Please Sports Almanac The labor impasse that has preempted the NBA's regular season thus far continues to drag…
