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Old Fri Nov 14, 2008, 09:58pm
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Those Who Forget History Are Doomed To Repeat It ...

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Instead of bouncing the ball on the floor, clever players began to tap the ball upward and tapping it again as it came down in what later was called an "air dribble." Those adept at the trick would tap the ball only a few inches above their finger tips while advancing at full speed all the way into scoring position. Dribbling on the floor wasn't legalized until 1898.
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. spearheaded the effort to get this rule changed.
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