Column: As I watched the last 90 seconds of Mississippi State’s overtime victory over Ole Miss last Saturday night at ...

Using peach baskets as hoops and wearing royal blue bloomers with ... adapted the game rules for women only a year after the game had been invented by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts.

One might expect a steady stream of basketball fans to pass the grave of the game’s inventor: Dr. James Naismith. Not so. “Since I have been working here, there has been nobody to come here ...

From documentaries about real-life people to more fictionalized versions of events, these 12 best basketball movies capture the essence of James Naismith’s peach basket sport like no other.

The young men in James Naismith’s class were restless until ... With a soccer ball and two peach baskets he borrowed from the gym’s building manager, Naismith set up a court and tacked ...

Since its birth in a dusty American sports hall 110 years ago, the modern game of basketball has spread all over the globe. From the day Dr James Naismith's eager students first slammed balls into ...

James Naismith’s original rules of “Basket Ball” now have a home at Kansas University — right down to the nook they’ll rest in — but there’s a lot of finishing touches yet to complete.

And then thought it would be more fun if the goals were raised. Dr Naismith came up with 13 basic rules, hung peach baskets up in the gym and hoped his students would play. He wasn't disappointed.