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  • Surfboard, used by Kelly Slater
  • Basketball jacket worn by Ray Werner as a member of the Jersey Wheelers the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Champions, 1954
  • WCMX wheechair used by Aaron 'Wheelz' Fotheringham during Nitro Circus performances
  • Olivetti Portable Typewriter belonging to sports announcer Bud Collins
  • Prototype skateboard created by Girl is not A 4 Letter Word, 2015

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  • Innovative Lives: Sarah Will and Mike Schultz
  • Billie Jean King on her earliest memory of giving
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  • Smithsonian Institution Constitution and Citizenship Day | Dr. Anthea Hartig

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  • Smithsonian’s Free “FUTURES Field Day” Will Turn the National Mall Into a Giant Future of Sports Pla

    ... Museum Archives of American Art Archives of American Gardens American History Museum American Indian Museum Eliot Elisofon...

    https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonians-free-futures-field-day-will-turn-national-mall-giant-future-sports

  • “Everyone Plays!” Shows How Innovation Shaped Adaptive Sports | Smithsonian Institution

    ... Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “Everyone Plays!” Oct. 1, a display showcasing the innovation of...

    https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/everyone-plays-shows-how-innovation-shaped-adaptive-sports

  • Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Celebrating Sports in American Communities Begins National Tour Jan

    ... Museum Archives of American Art Archives of American Gardens American History Museum American Indian Museum Eliot Elisofon...

    https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-traveling-exhibition-celebrating-sports-american-communities-begins-national-to

  • Equality Champion and Sports Icon Billie Jean King To Receive Smithsonian “Great Americans” Medal |

    ... American Art Archives of American Gardens American History Museum American Indian Museum Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives...

    https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/equality-champion-and-sports-icon-billie-jean-king-receive-smithsonian-great

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  • Change Your Game
    American History Museum
  • Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  • I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker's Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part II Portrait Gallery

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  • Winter Sports
  • Horses in Art, Science, History, and Culture
  • Skateboards and Invention

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