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This is the incredible true story of basketball, from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible.
""You can imagine how we felt," Balter recalled, "when we saw the McPherson team receiving their gold medals.""
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