Canada Owns the Planet's Oldest Basketball Court, plus hoops trivia (China's '36 Olympic team & why hoops isn't called Boxball) & Canada's early impact on Basketball.
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Features
1 CANADA, NOT FRANCE HAS THE WORLD’S OLDEST HOOPS COURT - read the full story here
2 CANADA’S EARLY BASKETBALL HISTORY : HOOPS GOLD UNDER A BLUE RUG Story here
3 BASKETBALL TRIVIA – THAT CHINESE 1936 TEAM WHY IT’S NOT CALLED BOXBALL & More - Story Here
The Theme: Following this summer's Paris Olympics, we explore some cool sports history, starting with how a fire in a small Canadian town changed hoops history, Then a look at Canada’s role in hoops’ early days, plus Christian missionaries in China, and….Canada, France and Trivia. (Though not sports oriented, …compelling tales needs telling).
The World’s Oldest Basketball Court
RECAP: 1 Which Country has The World's Oldest Basketball Court? If you said the U.S,. or Canada, you don't know hoops. Canada's Loss to France at the recent Paris 2024 Summer Olympics sheds light on the world's oldest hoops court. Canada may have lost to France but owns bragging rights to the planet's oldest hoops hardwood...
Read the tale!
2 Swept Under History's Rug: Hoops Gold - Canada's Amazing Early Role In Basketball revealed in the ashes of a small town Canadian fire. Read the tale!
3 Hoops Trivia TRIVIA – Why the game is not called Boxball ….and other cool hoops arcana. The 10foot height, the rules and how China embraced the game early on (sending a team to the ‘36 Berlin Olympics and beating France). Read the tale!
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