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  1. Big 12’s London game revives football abroad after decades

    University of Arizona head football coach Larry Smith at the 1986 Aloha Bowl. Tucson Citizen ASU was scheduled…
    #London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #arizona-wildcats #asusundevils #big12 #Britain #GreatBritain #KansasJayhawks #london #pac-10 #stanfordcardinal #Tokyo
    europesays.com/uk/1200783/

  2. #OTD in 1892 a #Presbyterian minister named #JamesNaismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball", which developed as an indoor recreational activity at the #Springfield #YMCA during long Massachusetts winters. Naismith was hired as a chaplain at The #UniversityofKansas soon after, and part of his duties included teaching phys ed which eventually evolved into being the obvious choice as the school's #basketball coach. Despite supposedly "inventing" the game in 1898, somehow during his tutelage, he became the only #CollegeBasketball #Coach with an overall losing team record in the entire history of the #KansasJayhawks. Here is a rare WOR #RadioInterview recording that was uncovered in the 21st century where Naismith describes inventing #theGame

    youtu.be/5yxk6pb64F8