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Basketball: Smithsonian's Got Game

Enjoy these basketball-related finds from across the Smithsonian. A curator at the National Museum of American History, chooses top NCAA picks among basketball history. Read about 1970s basketball and Ray Werner, wheelchair basketball pioneer. In "Leveling the Playing Field: Women's Basketball," learn about women's basketball in African American history.


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Practice jersey worn by Cheryl Miler

Walt Frazier Jr.

Untitled

Pair of red and black Air Jordan I high top sneakers made by Nike

U.S. Women's Basketball Team, Pan-American Games, Caracas, Venezuela, from the series Shooting for the Gold

Wings

Red Green & Black, Chicago 1988

The College Trap

Pat Riley

Walt Frazier Jr.

Walt Frazier and Walt Frazier Jr.

Walt Frazier Jr.

Simply the Best

Washington Generals vs. Harlem Globetrotters

New York Knicks

Walt Frazier and Walt Frazier Jr.

Seattle Supersonics vs. New York Knicks

Blue Dunk, Lisle, Ill. 1987

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Charles Barkley, NYC, 1988

28c Women's Basketball single

Photograph of Lusia Harris playing basketball

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