With the largest fed-cattle industry in the world, the United States is also the world's largest producer of beef, primarily high-quality, grain-fed beef for domestic and export use. Nevertheless, the United States is a net beef importer, purchasing lower-value, grass-fed beef destined for processing.
Wiki Commons. Dr. James Naismith was the Canadian-born physical education instructor who, inspired by a teaching assignment and his own childhood, invented basketball in 1891. Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal.
Basketball made the leap from idea in James Naismith's head to the international stage in a remarkably short period of time. Dr. Naismith first published the rules of the game he called Basket Ball in January 1892. By 1904, the game was a demonstration sport at the Olympic Games in St. Louis.