https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2 Research the history of a sport of your choosing and create a timeline of key events in the history of that sport. If there is a connection between your sport and a peers sports please connect with arrows. Make sure you have one note with your name so we know who is posting. en-us 2018-04-30 13:43:45 UTC 2026-03-01 01:05:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141212 December 1891: Dr James Naismith, an instructor at the School for Christian Workers in Springfield, Massachusetts, invents basket ball (then two words). ]]> 2018-05-20 01:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141212 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141241 1894: The free throw line is moved from 20 feet to 15 feet. ]]> 2018-05-20 01:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141241 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141271 1896: The first known professional basketball game is played in Trenton, New Jersey. ]]> 2018-05-20 01:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141271 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141287 1909: Players committing a fourth personal foul are not disqualified from the game. ]]> 2018-05-20 01:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141287 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141320 August 1-16, 1936: Basketball becomes an official Olympic sport. The United States defeats Canada 19-8 for the gold medal. The games were played in Berlin, Germany. ]]> 2018-05-20 01:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141320 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141383 June 6, 1946: The Basketball Association of America (BAA) is founded. Maurice Podoloff is named the league president. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141383 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141403 April 23, 1950: The Minneapolis Lakers become the first team to win back-to-back championships. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141403 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141433 October 30, 1954: The NBA introduces the 24-second clock. As a result the pace of the game quickens. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141433 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141631 March 2, 1962: Wilt Chamberlin scores a NBA record 100 Points in a game vs. New York. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141631 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141663 1979: The NBA adopts a three point line. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141663 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141679 April 20, 1986: Michael Jordan scores a playoff high 63 points in a loss to the Celtics. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141679 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141712 November 4, 1993: The NBA agrees to expand to Toronto. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141712 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141751 February 9, 1997: The NBA announces its 50 greatest players. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141751 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141792 June 26, 2002: the Houston Rockets Draft Yao Ming to be the first #1 overall pick to never play College ball in the US. ]]> 2018-05-20 02:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141792 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141856 1992 Magic's HIV announcement shakes the nation; Bulls become third straight team to repeat.]]> 2018-05-20 02:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141856 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141899 2011 Lebron joins Wade, Chris Bosh to form new "Big Three" but Miami is stunned by Dallas.]]> 2018-05-20 02:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262141899 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201670 The earliest known depiction of boxing comes from a Sumerian relief in Iraq from the 3rd millennium BCE.]]> 2018-05-20 19:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201670 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201769 The first documented account of a bare-knuckle fight in England appeared in 1681]]> 2018-05-20 19:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201769 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201833 The first English bare-knuckle champion was James Figg in 1719.]]> 2018-05-20 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201833 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201959 The first boxing rules, called the Broughton's rules, were introduced by champion Jack Broughton in 1743 to protect fighters in the ring where deaths sometimes occurred.]]> 2018-05-20 19:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262201959 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202039 In 1867, the Marquess of Queensberry rules were drafted by John Chambers.]]> 2018-05-20 19:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202039 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202239 When boxing made its Olympic debut at the 1904 Games in St Louis, it was the USA, the only country entered, which took all the medals.]]> 2018-05-20 19:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202239 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202316 Boxing was at each edition of the Games since, except in 1912 in Stockholm, owing to Swedish law, which forbade the practice. ]]> 2018-05-20 19:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202316 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202462 The WBHF was founded by Everett L. Sanders in 1980]]> 2018-05-20 19:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202462 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202540 The International Boxing Hall of Fame opened in Canastota in 1989. ]]> 2018-05-20 19:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202540 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202616 The first inductees in 1990 included Jack Johnson, Benny Leonard, Jack Dempsey, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson, Archie Moore, and Muhammad Ali.]]> 2018-05-20 19:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262202616 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203305 In 2013, The Boxing Hall of Fame Las Vegas opened in Las Vegas, Nevada founded by Steve Lott]]> 2018-05-20 19:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203305 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203371 The World Boxing association (WBA) was founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), a national regulating body of the United States.]]> 2018-05-20 19:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203371 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203495 The World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963 in order to establish an international regulating body]]> 2018-05-20 19:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203495 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203638 The International Boxing Federation (IBF) originated in September 1976 as the United States Boxing Association (USBA)]]> 2018-05-20 19:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203638 logankeysear https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203765 The World Boxing Organization(WBO) was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico n 1988.]]> 2018-05-20 19:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262203765 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262204598 Competitive swimming started in 1830 in Britain mostly using breaststroke.]]> 2018-05-20 19:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262204598 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262204901 Matthew Webb got the public interest in swimming by becoming the first to swim across the English channel. He did only swimming breaststroke.]]> 2018-05-20 19:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262204901 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262205269 In 1896, Men competed in 4 events all contested in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1900 in Paris all events were in the Seine River.]]> 2018-05-20 19:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262205269 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262205634 1902 an Australian man Richard Cavill was the first to swim with an up and down kick with alternative arm movement. It was known as Australian Crawl.]]> 2018-05-20 19:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262205634 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262206112 1912 was the first year that they could join the Olympics racing 100 freestyle and the 4x100 free style relay. 1926, 19 year old Gertrude Ederle was the first women to swim the English channel and beat the men's record by 2 hours]]> 2018-05-20 20:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262206112 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262206779 As the sport grew on coaches began messing around with new techniques.1930s Americans David Armbruster and Jack Sieg came up with a double arm recovery with dolphin kick. It was an alternative for breast until the 1950s where it became its own stroke.]]> 2018-05-20 20:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262206779 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262207292 Lynne Cox, in 1987 swam across the Bering strait without a wetsuit. She also did this during cold war times. Later she became the first person to swim over a mile in icy waters of Antarctica. ]]> 2018-05-20 20:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262207292 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262207797 In 1988 David Berkoff shows that you can go faster doing butterfly kick while under water.]]> 2018-05-20 20:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262207797 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262208183 Going back to the roots where in 2008 open water was added back to the Olympics.]]> 2018-05-20 20:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262208183 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262244761 1892- In an era in which football was a major attraction of local athletic clubs.]]> 2018-05-21 02:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262244761 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262246269  1898- A touchdown was changed from four points to five. ]]> 2018-05-21 02:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262246269 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262247979  1904- A field goal was changed from five points to four ]]> 2018-05-21 02:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262247979 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262248174  1906 -The forward pass was legalized. The first authenticated pass completion in a pro game came on October 25,  1906.]]> 2018-05-21 02:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262248174 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262248676  1909- A field goal dropped from four points to three. ]]> 2018-05-21 02:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262248676 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262249094  1912- A touchdown was increased from five points to six. ]]> 2018-05-21 02:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262249094 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262249639  1939-An NFL game was televised for the first time.]]> 2018-05-21 02:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262249639 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262251164  1962- The Western Division defeated the Eastern Division 47-27 in the first AFL All-Star Game. ]]> 2018-05-21 02:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262251164 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262251901  1998 -The NFL reached agreement on record eight-year television contracts with four networks. ABC (NFL Monday Night Football) and FOX.]]> 2018-05-21 02:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262251901 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262252466  2005- The New England Patriots became the second team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in four seasons.]]> 2018-05-21 02:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262252466 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262253050  2010- For the first time, the Pro Bowl was played in the Super Bowl city the week before the Super Bowl]]> 2018-05-21 02:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/262253050 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625385 R000 B.C evidence in china that military forces played a game called "Tsu Chu" that involved kicking a leather ball stuffed with fur in a small hole no hands allowed.]]> 2018-07-07 18:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625385 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625443 First Futbol games played in Britain. involved kicking around a severed head of a danish prince.]]> 2018-07-07 18:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625443 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625478 due to the violent nature of the game king Edward bans the game.]]> 2018-07-07 18:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625478 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625536 The game becomes legal again in England]]> 2018-07-07 18:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625536 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625652 Eton College of England sets new rules for the game of soccer (Futbol)]]> 2018-07-07 18:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625652 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625674 First U.S soccer club was established in Boston. ]]> 2018-07-07 18:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625674 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625695 Football association was formed 11 london schools and clubs came together to establish a single set of rules to administer any football match that was to be played.]]> 2018-07-07 18:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625695 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625852 First international game was played between Scotland and England]]> 2018-07-07 18:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625852 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625878 First soccer game played at the Olympic games ]]> 2018-07-07 18:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269625878 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269626032 establishment of FIFA ]]> 2018-07-07 18:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269626032 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269626059 The inaugural women world cup takes place U.S wins.]]> 2018-07-07 18:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269626059 https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269626102 American women team wins first ever women soccer event at the Olympics]]> 2018-07-07 18:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jjordan28/gq0d09v9bns2/wish/269626102