Millions of basketball fans people tune into March Madness every year, but few may know the story behind the invention of the sport. James Naismith, a physical instructor at Springfield College in ...

When a young physical education teacher invented a new game in December 1891, he was looking for more than exercise. To James Naismith, basketball had loftier goals than that. In 1891, while working ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare radio interview with James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, has uncovered many revelations about the early days of the ...

Nearly 130 years ago, James Naismith, a Canadian-American physical educator, professor, doctor and coach, invented an “athletic distraction” to occupy students cooped up during winter: It was the game ...

With the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament tipping off this week, March Madness is once again capturing the attention of the United States. But what many may not know is that one of the ...

Frank J. Basloe's 1952 book, "I Grew Up With Basketball," argues that Lambert Will's team, not James Naismith's team, played basketball months before Naismith is generally credited with inventing the ...

Herkimer, N.Y. – Anyone with a passing interest in basketball knows James Naismith invented the game. They might have heard the quaint origin story of soccer balls and peach baskets, how Naismith ...