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EPISODE · Aug 30, 2022 · 28 MIN

Inventing Basketball

from The Untold History of Sports in America · host iHeartPodcasts

Sports are a presence in Americans' daily lives. But it wasn't always that way. Today, Matt Andrews explains how basketball was invented at the YMCA, why gym class is called Physical Education, and how sports were used to Americanize immigrants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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