New England Carell, Ruth Gordon, John Krasinski, Edward Norton, Mark Wahlberg, and Matthew Perry. A full list of those from Massachusetts can be found here, and a listing of notable films and television series produced in the area here. Two popular American sports were invented in New England: basketball, invented by James Naismith (a Canadian) in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, and volleyball, invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Additionally, Walter Camp is credited with developing modern American football in New Haven, Connecticut, in the 1870s and 1880s. New Hampshire Motor Speedway is an oval racetrack that has hosted
P. G. Morgan P. G. Morgan Peter Gwynne Morgan is a television and film writer/producer living in Los Angeles, California. A winner of the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming for his work on "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," he is married to American documentary director Marina Zenovich. Morgan was born in Bangor, North Wales. He was educated at Henleaze School, Bristol and Penglais School, Aberystwyth, where he was a near contemporary of author Malcolm Pryce. After school, Morgan won a scholarship to read Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford. While at Oxford, Morgan was a regular contributor to "Isis"