Concept information
Preferred term
basketball
Definition
- Worldwide recreational sport with professional leagues on several continents and 300 million players around the globe, according to some estimates. From its 1891 origins in a YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Massachusetts, basketball has become a popular amateur, Olympic, and professional sport. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Society; Basketball]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/basketball
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