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	National Basketball Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the American Basketball League and the National Basketball League, the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities.
		In 1950, the NBA consolidated to eleven franchises, a process that continued until 1954, when the league reached its smallest size of eight franchises, all of which are still in the league (the Knickerbockers, Celtics, Warriors, Lakers, Royals/Kings, Pistons, Hawks, and Nationals/76ers).
		Following the recent changes to the National Hockey League's scheduling format, the NBA is now the only major league in North America in which all the teams play each other during the regular season, and where a season ticket holder can see every team in the league come to town in any one season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Basketball_Association (2476 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - basketball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Basketball was conceived in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the YMCA college in Springfield, Mass., as a way to condition outdoor athletes during the winter months.
		Today basketball is one of the most popular American sports and one the rest of the world has adopted.
		Professional basketball began (1896) in New York City and was at one time played on courts enclosed by wire mesh (basketball players are still occasionally referred to as "cagers").
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/basketba_professionalbasketball.asp (1123 words)

	History of the Professional Basketball League of America
		PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE OF AMERICA 1947-48 SPECIAL THANKS This information was compiled by basketball historian Roger Meyer and we thank him for his generosity in allowing us to include it on our site.
		Was on the Philadelphia Spahs championship team of the American Basketball League in 1944-45.
		Professional experience with the Chicago Bruins; in 1939-40 and with the Los Angeles Red Devils in 1947.
	hometown.aol.com /apbrhoops/pbla.html (6322 words)

	Where are the Los Angeles Lakes?
		But, curiously, it was the demise of this league that solidified the Laker dynasty; one of the players without a team following the collapse of the League of America was six-foot-ten George Mikan, acknowledged by many to be the most dominant player in the game.
		He also helped the Lakers, the worst team in the league the year before, make it to the championship round of the NBA playoffs for the first time in five years, although they were knocked off in four-straight by the Boston Celtics, the first of eight-consecutive NBA titles the Celtics would win.
		College basketball was about to vote on whether to raise the height of the baskets in an attempt to reduce the impact of the big man on the game.
	ypcommando.com /brain/22a.html (2165 words)

	Professional Basketball League of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Professional Basketball League of America (1947-48) was a basketball league in the USA that was started in 1947 in response to the tremendous upsurge in interest in basketball in the era immediately following World War II.
		The organization was underfunded compared to its competitors, the Basketball Association of America, the National Basketball League, and even the American Basketball League; there was simply not room in the marketplace for four major professional basketball leagues.
		The PBLA folded without completing its only season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Professional_Basketball_League_of_America (124 words)

	Charles Hyatt Biography
		The three-time All-America led the Panthers to the 1928 and 1930 national champion-ships.
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	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/hyatt.htm (222 words)

	NBA Greatest Players - All Time greatest NBA Basketball Players
		Mikan's debut as a professional came in 1946 after he was signed by the Chicago American Gears of the NBL, a predecessor of the NBA.
		White's plan was to create a 24-team circuit called the Professional Basketball League of America, in which he would own all of the teams and all of the arenas.
		He disappeared from basketball for a while but then resurfaced in the mid-1980s as the head of a task force whose goal was to bring professional basketball back to Minneapolis.
	www.hollywoodsportsbook.com /nbagreats/nbagreatest_gmikan.cfm (2518 words)

	Professional Basketball players who attended High School in Michigan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The first professional contest is documented as being played in 1896 and the first leagues date to the turn of the century.
		A variety of professional opportunities existed prior to the formation of the modern-day NBA in 1946 (then known as the BAA, or Basketball Association of America).
		These included, but were not limited to: the American Basketball League; the National Basketball League; the Harlem Globetrotters; the New York Renaissance (or Rens for short).
	mywebpages.comcast.net /peschstats/bbnba.htm (418 words)

	Pennsylvania Basketball History
		Basketball was first included in the Olympic Games in 1936, although a demonstration tournament was held back in 1904.
		In opposition to the rule voted in by the Basketball Rules Committee to limit the dribble to a single bounce, a group of coaches headed by Dr. Phog Allen of Kansas, called for the first meeting of all concerned, a caucus that led to the formation of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
		Leagues came and went, and barnstorming squads such as the New York Rens and the Original Celtics played up to two hundred games a year on their national tours.
	www.pahoops.org /events.htm (6606 words)

	BirminghamSports
		Maurice White, owner of the National Basketball League's Chicago Gears, withdraws the team from the league.
		The folding of the PBLA leaves the country with two basketball leagues, the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America.
		Lewis remained shocked by the news of the league failing.
	www.birminghamprosports.com /birminghamskyhawkshistory.htm (562 words)

	Minneapolis Lakers vs. Harlem Globetrotters
		The Lakers, by virtue of having had the league’s worst record the previous year as the Detroit Gems, were given the first pick in a dispersal draft of the defunct league’s players.
		The Lakers went on to win both the National Basketball League title and the World’s Professional Basketball Tournament (which was in its final year).
		During the summer of 1949, the National Basketball League and Basketball Association of America merged to form the National Basketball Association.
	stewthornley.net /mplslakers_trotters.html (1567 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Basketball in the 'axis of evil'
		A growing number of Americans are now plying their trade in the Iranian basketball league.
		Saba Battery - a local Iranian basketball team - is having its first practice session in a gym in Tehran with the new player from America.
		"Basketball is universal - so there's no colour, no race; we just bond - from day one when I came here the team just took me in and we just took off," says veteran Andre Pitts, who also plays for Saba Battery.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/4445030.stm (610 words)

	George Mikan: Basketball's First Great Center
		His unseemly height coupled with superb basketball skills, helped make Mikan an immediate star, as he led the Gears to the league championship and was named All-NBL.
		But before the start of Mikan's second season, the Gears were disbanded after a failed attempt by their owner to move the team to the short-lived Professional Basketball League of America.
		Though the league was different, the end result was the same, as Mikan led the Lakers to another championship.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article1744.chtml (588 words)

	Significant Professional Basketball League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Denotes "phantom" teams or leagues* which never played a game, usually because the team disbanded or was renamed or, in the case of the United Basketball League, due to a merger of the CBA and WBL which fell through.
		INTERSTATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE [1899-00 to 1900-01] Conshohocken 1899-00 to 1900-01 Germantown Y.M.C.A. Hancock A.A. Manayunk 1900-01 Millville 1899-00 to 1900-01 Penn Wheelmen 1899-00 to 1900-01 Philadelphia 1900-01 St.
		NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE [1993 TO 1994] Calgary Outlaws 1994 Cape Breton Breakers 1993 to 1994 Edmonton Skyhawks 1993 to 1994 Halifax Windjammers 1993 to 1994 Hamilton Skyhawks 1993 Montreal Dragons 1993 Saskatoon Slam 1993 to 1994 Winnipeg Thunder 1993 to 1994
	members.aol.com /bradleyrd/leagues.html (1783 words)

	Full Court Press: Columns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		If a professional women's basketball league is the Frisbee, the small boys are the leagues that tried and died in the past.
		The league must be successful at the gate, not only going head-to-head with female college and high school games, but also men's games at all levels.
		There is most likely room for a professional women's basketball league in America, and eventually it will have to be played in the winter, holding its own against all the other hoopsters and ice hockey and everything else.
	www.fullcourt.com /columns/column81796.html (810 words)

	ESPN NBA Basketball, WNBA, NBA, Stack Strikes Back, Basketball Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Women's National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States.
		While not the first major women's professional basketball league in the United States (a distinction held by the defunct WBL), the WNBA is the only league to receive full backing of the NBA, the world's most competitive professional basketball league.
		Basketball is one of the few sports whose exact origin is definitely known.
	www.internet-epoch.com /basketball.htm (4045 words)

	University Magazine Fall 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This year saw the inception of the WNBA and the expansion of the American Basketball League.
		Gary Cavalli, league co-founder and CEO, was responsible for selecting The Pyramid as the home vineyard of the StingRays.
		This is the fifth attempt at a women's professional basketball league in America.
	www.csulb.edu /~univmag/121597/stingrays.html (965 words)

	Minneapolis Lakers (1947-1960)
		In the National Basketball League a fledgling professional league based in the Midwest the first year Minneapolis Lakers benefit when another rival league known as the Professional Basketball League of America folds.
		With the NBL's final teams joining the BAA the league changes its name to the more familiar NBA, and the Lakers continued to roll finishing tied for 1st place in the Central Division with a 51-17 record.
		The Lakers continued to be the dominant force in the league as they win the Western Division with a 48-22 record.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/mpls/mplslakers.html (1313 words)

	Lakersweb.com: Team History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But the new league lasted barely a month, and the players on White's teams were distributed among the 11 NBL franchises.
		Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the league's premier big man, made it known that he would not return to Milwaukee after the 1974-75 season, demanding instead to be traded to either New York (where he had grown up) or Los Angeles (where he had attended college).
		The Los Angeles Lakers were one of the league's most improved teams in 1994-95, and their playoff success augured well for the future.
	www.lakersweb.com /history.html (12459 words)

	Elgin Baylor Jerseys & T-Shirts For Sale
		In 1947, the National Basketball League added new clubs in Flint, MI and Minneapolis, MN.
		The Professional Basketball League of America(PBLA), a loose circuit of twenty four clubs collapsed two weeks into its season and George Mikan of the Chicago American Gears ended up with the Minneapolis Lakers.
		By the 1948-49 season, the Minneapolis Lakers had jumped to the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA).
	www.oddball-mall.com /baylorjsy.htm (272 words)

	Collegehoopsnet.com - NBA Development League
		Spain uses Player Development Centers “ to help basketball players between 14 and 18 years of age train in the most efficient way so basketball is compatible with their studies and personal development," (Sergio, 19).
		Players currently jump to the league with incomplete games and the D-League offers remedial basketball education in order to elevate their game and prospects in the NBA.
		To elevate the League’s play, the D-League stands as an essential middle step, transforming precocious ballers into professional players equipped with the basketball IQ and mindset to excel in a faster-paced, more player-friendly NBA.
	www.collegehoopsnet.com /columns/051103.htm (1244 words)

	Kansas City Sports History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At the March 9th, 1887 NL meeting, the authorization of the Cowboys' purchase of the Maroons was refused and both Kansas City and St. Louis were dropped from the league.
		The Blues were an improvement over the previous National League and Union Association teams that the city had fielded yet they still found themselves overmatched in the American Association.
		Kansas City had a new club in a new league, but under the same ownership and with the same manager, the team put together the same abysmal season that its predecessors had.
	home.kc.rr.com /starrpower/sports/history.htm (3635 words)

	Sports Betting Tips - Basketball Betting NCAA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When you bet on a football or basketball game, you'll typically be playing against a point spread.
		There are 7-point favorites who should be 10-12 point favorites; there are underdogs who have match-up advantages that will yield a straight up victory; there are good teams about to have an off-day, and bad teams who play over their heads in certain scenarios.
		The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America.
	www.basketballbettingncaa.com /sports_betting_tips.html (589 words)

	Alligator Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, if sending players on to professional success came into consideration, UF would have to be added to the list.
		She played her first professional season in Portugal in 1996-97 before being drafted by the Cleveland Rockers.
		In Europe and in America, the ladies are establishing UF as a breeding ground for professional success.
	www.alligator.org /edit/issues/97-fall/970825/d15wnba.htm (444 words)

	NBA.com: The Dynasties: Minneapolis Lakers
		Add the championship the Lakers won in the National Basketball League before they entered the NBA and the count is six crowns in seven seasons—a dynasty by any standard.
		In 1950-51, Mikan led the league with a career-high 28.4 points per game but suffered a late-season hairline fracture of his ankle.
		The injury was enough to swing the balance of power to the Royals, who beat the Lakers in four games in the Western Division Finals and went on to capture the crown in a seven-game series with the New York Knickerbockers.
	www.nba.com /history/dynastiesminneapolis_050602.html (1238 words)

	Minneapolis Lakers great George Mikan dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mikan was the league's MVP in its inaugural 1948-49 season, when he averaged 28.3 points in leading the Lakers to the NBA title.
		The pre-'65 pensions are a joke and an embarrassment to the league.
		Former NBA and DePaul basketball star George Mikan talks in 1999 with former DePaul coach Ray Meyer at the Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center, 2235 N. Sheffield.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1415202/posts (3497 words)

	CNN - Basketball fever and browsing books - June 4, 1998
		If you follow the game, you don't need to be told that the Bulls had to reach deep to defeat a strong Indiana Pacers team in seven games, or that the Jazz got their ticket to the finals punched with a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals.
		The book covers the creative reasoning behind his basket game, later refinement of rules and development of equipment, the spread of amateur and professional teams throughout the world, and the growth of women's basketball (at first banned to male spectators because the players wore bloomers).
		"The Composite Guide to Basketball" delves into the tale of Naismith and the early pioneers who helped it grow from a game in which a score of 20 points was usually enough to win, into the fast-paced, high scoring game of today.
	www.cnn.com /books/news/9806/04/basketball.books.cnn/index.html (919 words)

	Pennsylvania's Best Basketball Players
		After basketball, Harry established himself as a respected businessman and member of his community and has since been recognized for his gracious charitable contributions to hospitals and community programs.
		Groat was an All-American basketball player at Duke (his jersey #10 was retired) and averaged 12 points per game with the Fort Wayne Pistons in the NBL (1952-1953).
		Groat was the National Baseball League M.V.P.in 1960, leading the major leagues in hitting with a.325 average as captain of the World Champion Pirates.
	www.pahoops.org /player.htm (2700 words)

	HOME
		"It is one of the finest collections on women's basketball," said Michael Brooslin, museum curator at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield.
		Above, several inductees to the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of fame view a portion of the history of women's basketball at the dedication of the permanant home of the CT Women's basketball hof.
		These sites are visited by students and teachers all over North America doing research on the subject, as well as others that have played the game.
	www.thewbl.com (1065 words)

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