A strange little side quest
If Maya Golf sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. Basketball became an Olympic medal sport in 1936, while women’s basketball joined the Olympic programme in 1976. That old idea kept changing rather than disappearing. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That long chain of experiments is part of why sports history still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.