Inspired by circus acrobats, an American gymnast named George Nissen constructed the first trampoline out of canvas, angle iron and inner tubes in 1934. Nissen called his device a trampoline after ...

According to the Olympics, trampolining was first invented in 1934 by an American gymnast, George Nissen, who got the idea after watching trapeze acrobats. At first, the trampoline was used to ...

Clowning around. George Nissen invented the trampoline after a trip to the circus We can thank 16-year-old gymnast George Nissen for the modern trampoline. He invented the bouncing apparatus after ...

Trampoline was originally invented in 1934 by George Nissen, but only grew in popularity during the first world championships in London in 1964. The sport then integrated with the International ...

The best trampolines aren’t just a good source of exercise and frivolity: they’re durable and safe, too. To find the cream of the crop, our team evaluated trampolines by their size ...

Two mini trampolines in the northern playground of Cronulla mall will be out of operation until the new year. St George and Sutherland Shire Leader reporter covering politics, urban affairs ...

Co-starring in the three-part miniseries are Arsher Ali (Line of Duty, The Missing) as George Edalji, the lawyer under suspicion; Art Malik (Disney’s The Little Mermaid) as his Indian father ...

Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George sustained a left knee bone bruise and will be re-evaluated in about one week, the team announced Tuesday. George suffered the injury in a preseason game ...

Political columnist George Skelton has covered government and politics for 60 years and for The Times since 1974. He has been a Times political writer and editor in Los Angeles, Sacramento bureau ...

There were no nerves or jitters for Paul George in his 76ers debut on Friday. The veteran forward made things look easy against the Timberwolves in his debut with the Sixers, finishing with 23 ...

Former Sheffield United defender George Baldock drowned while swimming in a pool at his home in Athens, his family said in a statement. The England-born Greece international’s death was ...