About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 118. Chapters: Basketball, Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, Crokinole, Trivial Pursuit, BlackBerry, NAPLPS, Telidon, IMAX, List of screw drives, Snowmobile, Microform, Wonderbra, Instant replay, Walkie-talkie, Lithium battery, Hydraulophone, Dump truck, Five-pin bowling, Partial cloverleaf interchange, G-suit, Avro Canada CF-103, Cream soda, Free World Trust v. Electro Sante Inc., Alkaline battery, Uno, Caesar, TriDAR, Goaltender mask, Foghorn, PlasmaCar, Canadarm, Huot Automatic Rifle, List of Canadian inventions, TM4 Electrodynamic Systems, Rotary snowplow, Canada Dry, Sway bar, Burnelli CBY-3, Snow blower, Bin bag, Diaphone, Surtitles, Rotary vane pump, Trojan Ballistics Suit of Armor, Simunition, Pablum, Hot wire barretter, Instant mashed potatoes, Beartrap, I-Gami, Paint roller, Sandde, Cape Islander, Weevac 6, Exerlopers, Kin-Ball. Excerpt: Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the hoop during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the hoop than the three-point line, and three points (a "3 pointer") if the player is "outside" the three-point line. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a tie. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or passing it to a teammate. It is a violation (traveling) to walk with the ball, carry it, or to double dribble (to hold the...
