Are team sports the secret to living longer?

How a basketball league for “grannies” is reimagining aging.

In 2005, Barb Trammell gathered some friends for a charity basketball game to raise money for an old historic building in Lansing, Iowa. Abiding by the 1920s women’s 6-on-6 game rules created in her home state and donning the classic “bloomer” uniforms, the exhibition game of “Granny basketball” was a hit with locals.

More than 20 years later, the Granny Basketball League has gone national, with over 50 teams spread out across 11 states and even one in Canada, many of which come together for an annual tournament.

While the league provides fierce........

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