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The_Edwards_Notebook-Basketball_Dribble_or_Not091826 · The Ron Edwards American Experience V2

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  Speaker 1: Did you know that a game that began with two
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  Speaker 1: peach baskets and 18 young men in the year 1891
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  Speaker 1: was to shape the character of young men and spread
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  Speaker 1: the gospel of Jesus Christ? Hello, I'm Ron Edwards. On
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  Speaker 1: today's space from the Edwards Notebook, when one observes the
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  Speaker 1: prevailing wokeness and downright evil that permeates both the NBA
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  Speaker 1: and the WNBA, it's hard to fathom that the game
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  Speaker 1: of basketball began with such wholesome and lofty goals. A
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  Speaker 1: man named James Naismith It was born in Canada but
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  Speaker 1: called the United States his home. The first basketball game
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  Speaker 1: comprised of two teams, each with nine players. There was
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  Speaker 1: no dribbling, no dunking, simply passing the ball around until
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  Speaker 1: a player could throw the soccer ball into a basket.
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  Speaker 1: That first game of basketball at the YMCA in Springfield,
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  Speaker 1: Massachusetts in 1891 was a big hit with the young
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  Speaker 1: men who loved the challenge and possibilities of the game,
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  Speaker 1: as did its creator. But James Naismith also loved what
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  Speaker 1: the game represented and why he was at the YMCA
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  Speaker 1: training school in the first place. He believed that teamwork
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  Speaker 1: sports like basketball could shape Christian character in ways mere
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  Speaker 1: study could not. Naismith believed that Christians should be strong,
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  Speaker 1: both spiritually and physically, to prevail over the full spectrum
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  Speaker 1: of life's challenges. It's a shame that the game invented
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  Speaker 1: by a Christian is now dominated by those who reject
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. I'm Ron Edwards.