Basketball and the NBA are today are one of the main staples of American sports. The league and the sport did not just pop up out of nowhere to take its place in our sports page. The league is the youngster among the mainstream sports. The league did not play its first game until 1946. By then basketball was already a mainstream sport however it did not have one strong league commanding fans attention. The sport had several leagues attacting the fans attention.
Philadelphia was always a main city in the sport right behind New York. Strangely enough the city sat out a year in the early sixties while the city of Syracuse, New York enjoyed one last season in the sun. The City of Philadelphia had first joined the league for the 1947-48 season. The Warriors had a good run in the City of Brotherly Love, however it did not last forever. After the 1961-62 season the Warriors were transferred to San Francisco, California.
Fans of Philadelphia did not take to this move lightly. As a result the Syracuse franchise in the league was brought out and transfered to Philadelphia on May 22, 1963, which was in time for the 1963-64 season. Happy Birthday '76ers!!
Tomorrow we look at the first running on the Preakness Stakes. Have a great weekend!!!
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