All posts tagged "history"

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  Basketball

  / 4 hours ago

  The History of the WNBA: From “We Got Next” to a New Era of Growth

  A league is born (1996–1997) On April 24, 1996, the NBA’s Board of Governors approved the concept of a new women’s...

  By Kara Raeth
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  Basketball

  / 5 days ago

  Honoring the Game’s Greatest: The History of the Naismith Awards

  More than a century after Dr. James Naismith first hung a pair of peach baskets in a Springfield gymnasium, his name...

  By Kara Raeth
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  Basketball

  / 2 weeks ago

  Chris Webber, the Michigan Man

  Few players in basketball history have embodied Michigan hoops like Chris Webber. From the hardwoods of Detroit’s Pershing High School to...

  By Noah Raeth
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  Baseball

  / 3 weeks ago

  From Errors to the Hall of Fame: How Derek Jeter Proved Failure Isn’t the End — It’s the Beginning

  The Humbling Start of a Legend Before the five World Series rings, before “The Captain” became a Yankee icon, before the...

  By Kara Raeth