One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. March Madness is set to kick off on ...

Now the story of a different extracurricular, in the winter of 1891, there was a brutal New England blizzard. James Naismith was a physical instructor phys ed teacher at what's now Springfield College ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Today's Google Doodle celebrates Canadian-American Dr. James Naismith, ...

Today Google is celebrating the invention of my favorite sport, basketball. The inventor, James Naismith is featured in a Doodle watching kids play his game. James Naismith was a Canadian-American ...

James Naismith, basketball’s inventor, arrived in New York City in early 1939 with three items on his agenda. He gave a speech to basketball writers in which he denounced modern trends in his sport ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Google celebrated basketball and the man who created the game with their own doodle Friday. Google’s homepage showed an animated doodle of a man resembling Dr. James Naismith, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – James Naismith, the Canadian-American who invented the game of basketball, was celebrated with a Google Doodle on Friday. On December 21, 1891 Naismith held the first-ever ...

In this lackluster compilation, sports historian Stark (Breaking Barriers: A History of Integration in Professional Basketball) collects the writings of James Naismith (1861–1939), the inventor of ...

Brian Hanni, left, is pictured with Jim Naismith, the grandson of James Naismith. Courtesy photo Jim Naismith, the grandson of the inventor of basketball, will join University of Kansas radio ...

March Madness is set to kick off on Sunday, with the final selections for both the men's and women's tournaments happening in the evening. But before you fill your brackets out and make your schedule ...