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How ESPN stopped a 200-year-old plan to overthrow the United States
If Americans tune in to watch celebrities play basketball and start hearing Win Butler talk about taking care of each other, the…consequences would be dire ¶ In 1861, James Naismith, known CANADIAN invents basketball. It slowly grows into one of the United States’ most popular sports. ¶ For the next 150 years, Canada basically sits on the sidelines until the United States is convinced the sport is theirs… ¶ (Meanwhile, the Canadian government secretly communicates the sport’s true origins through Heritage Minute ads no American would ever see).
Andrew KurjataFeb 14