The first sport ever played came from the northern Mesopotamian plains were there was an abundance of wheat. The inhabitants of the land used this wheat to make mass amounts of woven baskets.
When the baskets were carrying too many things, the bottom would break through creating a hole in the basket. They would then hang the broken basket up high on a tree trunk and throw things into it. Thus, the game of Basketball was born.
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