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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When we kicked off Innovation Madness: The Ultimate Basketball Patent Bracket, we asked one simple question: Which basketball invention truly changed the game? Now, as the actual NCAA tournament has ...

In what may be the only recording of his voice, James Naismith describes how he created basketball to occupy his stir-crazy students during a... March Madness is set to kick off on Sunday, with the ...

HERKIMER, N.Y. — One afternoon this spring, Scott Flansburg was walking past the once-stately 19th-century brick buildings that line Main Street here — a hotel, a grocery store, a bike shop, all ...

For the first time, the NBA champions are from Canada. And, to the surprise of many, the man who invented the sport is from there too. The Toronto Raptors won Thursday night against the Golden State ...

Women’s basketball has come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1892. It may be surprising to discover that women began playing basketball less than a year after the game was invented. The fact ...