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References

Basketball U. (2020, September 22). The history of basketball [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRSYmQr73g0

 

Belsky, G., Fine, N. (2016). On the Origins of Sports: The Early History and Original Rules of Everybody’s Favorite Games. Artisan.

 

Bunk, B. D. (2021). From football to soccer : the early history of the beautiful game in the United States. University of Illinois Press.

 

Concordia Saint-Paul University.. (2024, January 19). A brief history of women in sports. CSP Global. Retrieved April 15th, 2024 from https://kinesiology.csp.edu/sports-coaches-and-trainers/a-brief-history-of-women-in-sports/

 

Cunningham, C. (2006). American hoops: The history of United States Olympic basketball from Berlin to Barcelona. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

 

Davies, R. O. (2016). Sports in American life: A history. John Wiley & Sons.

 

Encyclopedia Britannica. (2024, March 3). history of basketball. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/sports/history-of-basketball

 

Grossfeld, A. (2010). A HISTORY OF UNITED STATES ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS. Science of gymnastics journal, 2(2). Retrieved from https://theleanberets.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-History-of-United-States-Artistic-Gymnastics-GROSSFELD.pdf

 

History of baseball in the United States - BR Bullpen. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15th, 2024 from https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States

 

Leifer, E. (2009). Making the majors: The transformation of team sports in America. Harvard University Press.

 

Maxymuk, J. (2012). Sources: Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia. Reference and User Services Quarterly, 51(3), 297–298. https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.51n3.297

 

NFL. (2016, August 6). The History of Professional Football in America | NFL NOw [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlIKS8W-BPU

 

Oriard, M. (2024, March 26). American football. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/sports/American-football

 

Peterson, R. W. , Jamail, . Milton and Holtzman, . Jerome (2024, April 8). history of baseball. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/sports/history-of-baseball

 

Rader, B. G. (2009). American sports : from the age of folk games to the age of televised sports (6th ed.). Pearson/Prentice Hall.

 

Riess, S.  (2017, February 27). Professional Team Sports in the United States. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History. Retrieved 15 Apr. 2024, from https://oxfordre.com/americanhistory/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-198

 

Sports in America. (n.d.). U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Germany. Retrieved April 15th, 2024 from  https://usa.usembassy.de/sports.htm

 

Staffo, D. F. (1998). THE HISTORY OF WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL IN THE UNITED STATES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE OLD WBL AND THE NEW ABL AND WNBA. The Physical Educator, 55(4), 187-.

 

Stark, D. (Douglas A. (2019). Breaking barriers : a history of integration in professional basketball. Rowman & Littlefield.


 

The Atlantic. (2018, February 9). A visual history of sports [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdi6o5popkU

 

Toole, T. C. (2021, March 27). Here’s the history of basketball—from peach baskets in Springfield to global phenomenon. History. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/basketball-only-major-sport-invented-united-states-how-it-was-created

 

Wangerin, D. (2008). Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game. Temple University Press.