Planting the Seeds
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Where seven sports originated (earliest competitions that resembles how sport is played today:)
Football 200 B.C. China
Platform diving 400 B.C. Greece
Golf 950 A.D. China
Distance running 23rd cent. B.C. Sumer
Skiing 8000 B.C. Norway
Field hockey 400 B.C. Greece
Boxing 1500 B.C. Egypt (gloves 1st used 800 B.C.)
Source: “Whose Bright Idea Was That? (Matthew Richardson, Kodansha International, 1998)
Air Apparent
Records held by Michael Jordan
NBA playoffs 21 records
NBA finals 13 records
NBA All-Star game 3 records
NBA regular season 14 records
Source: Chicago Bulls
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