A basketball game is broadcast for the first time
Date: February 28, 1940
Place: Madison Square Garden
The story behind the event: Fordham University played the University of Pittsburgh in the first game of a double header as Pitt won 50-37. W2XBS showed the game in New York City. Today, Basketball on TV has become so popular that there's an entire network devoted to it, NBATV. By the way, only one camera was used in the first televised game in the history of basketball.
information: http://www.betterbasketball.com/history-of-basketball/
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