When, in 1891, Dr. James Naismith hung a peach basket in a gymnasium and created the game of basketball, I doubt he could have imagined the impact his new sport would have on future of athletics ...

Truth be told, James P. Naismith’s favorite sport is baseball. “I could play a reasonable game of baseball. I tried basketball in high school because I was 6-foot-1, but I was forced out quickly,’' ...

Basketball players around the world like to say they're in it for the love of the sport, but the origins of the game itself aren't so romantic. It wasn’t exactly passion or inspiration that drove ...

WASHINGTON (March 24, 2015) -- As "March Madness" makes its annual appearance on the American sports scene, fans that understand the history of basketball know Dr. James Naismith invented the game in ...

Now, basketball is one of the most-recognized games on the planet. Its stars are larger-than-life and command major media attention no matter where they go. However, it wasn't always this way. There ...

Wilt. Magic. Bird. Jordan. LeBron. They’re some of the legends of basketball; names that define the sport. But there’s one name that means even more: Naismith. Without Dr. James Naismith—a teacher and ...

A new billboard proclaims a village in Upstate New York is the real birthplace of basketball. Dr. James Naismith has long been credited as inventing the game of basketball in December 1891 at a YMCA ...

One year after James Naismith invented the game of basketball, women in Colorado were playing the sport while wearing floor-length black dresses, corsets and boots. A black-and-white photo labeled ...