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Spots history from 1865-1900

The first inventers of football were a group of englishmen formed the football association and football it was invented in 1863.
 * The first football team was the chicago bears.
 * Basketball was invented in 1891by Dr. James Nasmith at the ymca foundation.
 * The first basketball season was the season of 1946-1947 season.
 * The first basketball game was on november 1,1946
 * The NBA started out with 11 teams unlike the NFL.
 * There are a number of rewards that special players receive at the end of each season in all sports.
 * The highest reward that a player can receive in the NFL and NBA is the "most valuable player"
 * There are currently 32 Nfl teams and 30 nba teams
 * There are 16 games in one season of the NFL and 82 in the NBA
 * The final game of the NFL is the "super bowl"
 * The final game of the NBA is the "nba championship"
 * The game became an official Olympic event at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
 * boston Celtics have won the most NBA championships (17), including seven straight from 1960 to 1966
 * Two leagues called the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged after the 1948-49 season to become today's National Basketball Association (NBA).
 * The first “hoops” were actually just peach baskets and the first backboards were made of wire.
 * Current Atlanta Hawks coach Lenny Wilkens has won more basketball games than any other coach.
 * On March 2, 1962, Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game against New York. That is the most one player has ever scored in one game.
 * The NBA instituted the three-pointer before the 1979-80 season, an idea it borrowed from the ABA.
 * The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a 10-team rival league to the NBA that began play in the 1967-68 season and folded nine years later after the 1975-76 season. Four current NBA teams – Indiana, Denver, New York, and San Antonio – originated in the ABA.
 * The game became an official Olympic event at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
 * The Chicago Bulls have won all six NBA Finals in which they've appeared