Sports

Question 1

Baseball

Answer 1

• called America’s pastime
• the oldest of American team sports
• the first professional baseball clubs - 1860
• the national association of Base ball players (NABBP) - first convened in NY in 1857
• 2 teams, 9 players, diamond-shaped field with a home plate, 3 other bases
• to score points, a player must hit a pitched ball with a wooden or metal bat and this the bases before the opposing teams can return the ball to his location
• the team which scores more runs than the opponent wins

Question 2

Basketball

Answer 2

• the American basketball league was first in NY in 1946 as the Basketball Association if America (BAA)
• 1948 - the National Basketball Association (NBA) established after 2 rival leagues (BAA and the National Basketball League NBL) merged into one
• 2 teams, 5 players, hoop is 10 feet above the ground
• Larry Bird, Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 6 NBA championships, 20 seasons

Question 3

American Football

Answer 3

• the national football League - 32 teams divided into 2 conferences: American Football Conference, National Football Conference
• the 6 best teams from each conference play against each other in the NFL play-offs and the winners meet in the championship game called the Super Bowl (90 million viewers)