loneranger07 t1_jdxs0op wrote on March 27, 2023 at 11:37 PM

Reply to comment by G8kpr in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter

Basketball? No sir

G8kpr t1_jdxv71a wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Yes sir. Look it up

It was invented by James Naismith (a Canadian) while he was teaching at a YMCA in Massachusetts

loneranger07 t1_jdxvsxw wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Yeah... It says the dude invented it after he moved to Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1890s so I would say yes a Canadian did it but "Canada" did not as he did it in the USA. It's an American sport, therefore, as we are a nation of immigrants. Doesn't matter where he came from. Melting pot. Checkmate, eh?