Homegrown Sports
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
These sports were invented in the U.S.:
- basketball (1891) by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts
- volleyball (1895) by WG. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts
- baseball (1839) by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York (although many debate the birthplace of baseball)
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