Dunk Shot

A strange little side quest

If Dunk Shot sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. The earliest basketball games used peach baskets, and Naismith wrote 13 original rules for the new indoor sport. The timeline takes another interesting turn: A major archery competition held at Finsbury in England in 1583 drew about 3,000 participants. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.