How Canada invented American Football, Baseball, Basketball and Hockey
It’s true. Canada more or less cooked up all of North America's "Big Four" sports. We’re just too humble to brag about it. Except, as a proud immigrant here, I can bend the national code of conduct and dismiss the alternative facts.
America’s Pastime? Sorry, Abner Doubleday, Canada played it first. And a Canadian baseball hall of famer also takes credit for the earliest baseball glove. Plus, we patented the bases.
American football? Canadians introduced the U.S. to a new game that borrowed a lot from rugby. The Americans loved it, and so we helped them tweak the rules into that thing they now air between Super Bowl ads.
James Naismith? Everybody knows the Canadian invented basketball.
Hockey? Well, of course. But let’s have a quick review anyway, just in case you need to marshal your arguments for the next time you tipple with American friends.
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I did not know that. Thanks Canada :)
Canada says: you're welcome!
If we take Canada as a whole, hockey occupies a predominant place in the minds of sports fans. Yes, there are professional baseball leagues there because the USA is their main neighbor. But hockey is love forever.
The situation with hockey is clearly visible if you look at the number of bets at the time of the national championship. I can provide a link to a local resource - https://melbet-ca.com/ Canadian hockey is confidently ahead of classic football both in terms of views and the volume of bets.. Personally, I like this national tradition)
We create so many wonderful things!
It appears your statement has some truth!
Personally, I really love football. There are no secondary positions on the football field. Each player is a cog in a complex command mechanism. There is a clear game plan, coaching instructions that the player must fulfill. If at least one cog fails, if one player fails to complete the task, then the mechanism will fail, and the result of the match will be defeat. It doesn't matter who you are — a left-back or a track quarterback, but if you play badly, the whole team will suffer. So play football, friends! And you can find out the latest news using https://ozfooty.net/a-league/fixtures .