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Basketball was first introduced to the Philippine public school system by the Americans as a women's sport in 1910 and was played in Interscholastic meets in 1911 until 1913. Women's basketball met opposition from conservative groups, particularly the Catholic Church who view bloomers worn by women basketball players as inappropriate. By the ...
The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was founded on June 6, 1946, in New York City. [36] The league adopted the name National Basketball Association ( NBA ) in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL).
2012 - The first women's basketball game was played on an aircraft carrier. [339] 2013 - Before the start of the 2013–14 season, the NCAA adopted the 10-second backcourt limit for women's basketball for the first time. Prior to this change, NCAA women's basketball was the only level of basketball in the world that did not have a backcourt ...
Ticao Stone Inscription also known as Monreal stone or Rizal Stone – A limestone contains ancient script Baybayin. Found by pupils of Rizal Elementary School on Ticao Island in Monreal town, Masbate province, which had scraped the mud off their shoes and slippers on two irregular shaped limestone tablets before entering their classroom. are ...
Women's competition in sports has been frowned upon by many societies in the past. The English public-school background of organized sport in the 19th and early 20th century led to a paternalism that tended to discourage women's involvement in sports, with, for example, no women officially competing in the 1896 Olympic Games.
Mga kababayang dalaga ng Malolos (English: To my countrymen, the young women of Malolos), also known by its alternative English title To the young women of Malolos, is a letter written by Filipino author and political reformer José Rizal on February 22, 1889. It is written in Tagalog and is addressed to a group of women from Malolos, Bulacan ...
These trees were found in the tropical regions in the Maya territories. [1] The ball was put in motion by action of the right hip, the right elbow, and the right knee, and was not permitted to touch the ground. It could be passed between players in each team by propulsion by those body parts.
First Filipino basketball player to score a basket in the history of Philippine Basketball Association: Gregorio "Joy" Dionisio – April 9, 1975; First Filipino basketball team to win the All-Filipino title for 5 consecutive seasons in the history of Philippine Basketball Association: San Miguel Beermen – 2015–2019 [206]