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For the Love of the Game, How Agriculture Helped Birth the Game of Basketball

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Basketball was invented by James Naismith, who grew up on a farm in Ontario, Canada. In 1975, Illinois farmer Arthur Ehrat created the breakaway basket rim. The NBA game ball, which is exclusively sourced from the Horween Leather Company, is made of leather from cowhides.

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For the Love of the Game, How Agriculture Helped Birth the Game of Basketball

It may not seem like basketball has a strong connection to agriculture, but from the balls used in the NBA, to the sport itself, agriculture has direct ties to a sport that takes over televisions during March Madness.

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