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776 BCE
Track and Field Invented
This sport has been around since the beginning of the Olympics in Ancient Greece and was invented by the Greeks. -
Soccer Invented
England is credited for inventing the modernized version of soccer. Along with the founding of the Football Association. -
Football Invented
The first match was played on November 6th, 1869. It was played against two colleges, Rutgers and Princeton. -
Tennis Invented
Tennis was invented in Birmingham, England which was originally called lawn tennis. -
Softball Invented
Softball's first game actually came about from a football game, not a baseball game. -
Basketball Invented
Invented by a Springfield College instructor/graduate student, James Naismith. -
Volleyball Invented
William G. Morgan invented the sport in Holyoke, Massachusetts. -
Beach Volleyball Invented
Beach volleyball began in Hawaii around 1915 at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Most people give credit to Santa Monica for the creation of its current competition outline. -
NFL Created
Ten football teams from four states came together in Canton, Ohio. The league was first known as the American Professional Football Association. -
NBA Created
Formed in the US by two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded in 1937) and Basketball Association of America (founded in 1946). -
MLS Created
Before being called MLS, this league was called North American Soccer League which existed from 1968-1984. The league also started off with ten teams and quickly gained more. -
WNBA Created
The first game was played by the New York Liberty against the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles. -
Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) Created
The WPSL was founded in 1997 and folded in 2001. Then NPF was created in 2004, but disbanded in 2021 after two cancelled seasons because of COVID-19. Then the Women's Professional Fastpitch was created just last year.