Practice using capital letters correctly as you discover some surprising sports facts!
Directions: Identify the capitalization mistakes in these sentences. We’ve bolded the first two for you. There are 16 more!
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1. Basketball was invented in 1891 by a massachusetts man named James naismith. Early players threw soccer balls into actual peach baskets.
2. During World War II, many football players and other athletes joined the american military. Teams didn’t have enough players for games, so some teams joined together. The Philadelphia eagles and pittsburgh Steelers became a single team called the “steagles.
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3. Have you heard the term “pigskin”? It’s another word for a football. In the early Days of the sport, the ball was really made out of a Pig’s bladder filled with air.
4. The first cheerleaders were all Men. They stood on the sidelines at College football games and led songs and chants. They were called “yell teams.”
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5. The first dutch settlers of New york city loved sports. Their favorites were Ice-skating, boating, and a bowling game called skittles.
6. One of the strangest Baseball injuries happened in 1923. Red sox pitcher clarence Blethen slid into second base. Unfortunately, he had put his set of false teeth in his back pocket. The teeth “bit” his rear end. He was out for the rest of the Game.
