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Hoops Republic: A History of Basketball in the United States

Hoops Republic: A History of Basketball in the United States

Romano, Gigi
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Paperback

FictionBasketballGeneral United States History

ISBN13: 9798901945575
Publisher: Publishdrive
Published: May 7 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Basketball began in December 1891 as a practical indoor game for a Massachusetts gym class. Within decades, it had moved through YMCAs, schools, churches, colleges, settlement houses, armories, playgrounds, and professional arenas, becoming one of the defining sports of the United States.

Hoops Republic: A History of Basketball in the United States tells the full American story of the game in a fact-based, narrative style. It follows James Naismith's first rules, the rise of women's basketball, the growth of college competition, Black basketball before and after integration, the birth of the NBA and WNBA, the power of March Madness, the influence of the ABA, the global impact of the Dream Team, the sneaker and streetball cultures that reshaped the sport, and the modern eras of analytics, labor, media, activism, and international talent.

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