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The history of sports in the United States shows that American football, baseball, softball and indoor soccer evolved out of older British ( Rugby football, British baseball, rounders and association football) sports. However, volleyball, skateboarding, snowboarding and Ultimate are American inventions, some of which have become popular in ...
753 BC. 21 April. Rome was founded. According to Roman legend, Romulus was the founder and first King of Rome, establishing the Roman Kingdom . 752 BC. Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women.
8 August – Sky Sports takes over from BT Sport as broadcaster of cricket's Caribbean Premier League. 6 September – Apart from England's home matches, Sky Sports is the exclusive broadcaster of football's new UEFA Nations League tournament. September – Sky Sports resumes covering the NBA after a decade on other networks.
This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
The Knicks fell 101–91 to the Washington Wizards, giving New York its longest losing streak in the franchise's 69-year history. [159] This record was extended to a 16th straight loss after the NBA Global Games loss against the Milwaukee Bucks in London. Porziņģis as an NBA rookie against the Washington Wizards.
TNT Sports 4. TNT Sports 4 is a British sports television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and the BT Group. It is part of the TNT Sports group of channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is predominantly focused on sports from North America . The channel was established by ESPN Inc. on August 3, 2009 as ESPN (or ESPN UK ...
The National Basketball Association ( NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. [3]
The tallest player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is 7-foot-6-inch (2.29 m) Yao Ming. In addition to Yao, Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis were the only other players 7 feet 3 inches or taller selected to the Hall of Fame. Yasutaka Okayama, a 7-foot-8-inch (2.34 m) Japanese basketball player picked 171st overall in ...