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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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USA vs. USSR - men's basketball

Walt Frazier

USA vs. USSR - men's basketball

Elmore Smith Basketball Card

Basketball jersey for Brooklyn Nets worn by Jason Collins, signed by teammates

Kobe Bryant, N.Y.C. 2002

Charles Barkley, NYC, 1988

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