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  2. Carrier Classic - Wikipedia

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    ESPN, NBC Sports. Sponsor (s) Quicken Loans (2011), Walmart (2012) The Carrier Classic was a series of college basketball games that were played on the deck of a U. S. Navy aircraft carrier. The first game was held on November 11, 2011 aboard USS Carl Vinson, between Michigan State and North Carolina. President Barack Obama attended this game.

  3. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year-old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. [1]

  4. Maya Ballgame - Wikipedia

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    Maya Ballgame, which is a branch of the Mesoamerican Ballgame, is a sporting event that was played throughout the Mesoamerican era by the Maya civilization, which was distributed throughout much of Central America. One of the common links of the Mayan culture of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize is the game played with a rubber ball ...

  5. Forfeit (sport) - Wikipedia

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    Forfeit (sport) In various sports, a forfeit is a method in which a match automatically ends, and the forfeiting team loses. There are two distinct forms of forfeiture. One occurs when a team is unable (or refuses) to meet the basic standards for playing the game, either before the game begins or as a result of actions that happen during the match.

  6. Mesoamerican ballgame - Wikipedia

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    The ball in front of the goal during a game of pok-ta-pok, 2006. The Mesoamerican ballgame ( Nahuatl languages: ōllamalīztli, Nahuatl pronunciation: [oːlːamaˈlistɬi], Mayan languages: pitz) was a sport with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BC [1] by the pre-Columbian people of Ancient Mesoamerica.

  7. Exhibition game - Wikipedia

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    Exhibition game. Sydney FC playing a friendly match against the Los Angeles Galaxy at ANZ Stadium in November 2007. A friendly match in Vietnam. An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a pre-season game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose ...

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