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Jesus, Jumpshots and James Naismith: The Surprisingly Christian History of Basketball

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It’s March Madness season, which means Americans everywhere are suddenly basketball experts. Productivity plummets. Brackets get destroyed. Grown adults lose sleep over 19-year-olds missing free throws. But while you’re busy rage-refreshing your ESPN app, it’s worth taking a second to consider something a little wild: basketball was invented by a Christian guy as a character-building exercise. No, seriously. Back in 1891, James Naismith—a Canadi…

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Jesus, Jumpshots and James Naismith: The Surprisingly Christian History of Basketball

It’s March Madness season, which means Americans everywhere are suddenly basketball experts. Productivity plummets. Brackets get destroyed. Grown adults lose sleep over 19-year-olds missing free throws. But while you’re busy rage-refreshing your ESPN app, it’s worth taking a second to consider something a little wild: basketball was invented by a Christian guy as a character-building exercise. No, seriously. Back in 1891, James Naismith—a Canadi…

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RELEVANT Magazine broke the news in on Thursday, March 27, 2025.
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