James Naismith

Sports Legend Revealed: Did the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, also invent the football helmet?

2010-12-07 16:33:13

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Original basketball rules are for sale [Updated]

2010-12-10 16:32:58

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Oh, Canada! Even without government healthcare, USA thumps them 5-3 in Olympic hockey

2010-02-22 21:34:50

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Q&A with fly-fishing expert Lefty Kreh

2012-06-09 14:49:00

Lefty Kreh is to fly-fishing what James Naismith was to basketball and, perhaps, what Elvis was to rock 'n' roll. Not only is the now 87-year-old Kreh credited with helping invent the sport in the late 1940s, he later popularized it by writing more...

Transy's Ethan Spurlin named to NABC All-American Team

2012-03-30 07:38:00

LEXINGTON, KY - The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced its NCAA Division III All-American teams Thursday at the Final Four in Salem, Va., and Transylvania's Ethan Spurlin was on the third team.Earlier in the week, Spurlin, a junior who...

Teel Time: Virginia's opponent was St. Mary's instead of Florida on preliminary NCAA bracket

2012-03-11 22:19:00

Selection Sunday used to be fascinating but maddening. Fascinating when the NCAA revealed the bracket for its basketball tournament. Maddening when the selection committee refused to detail its deliberations. “If I told you, I’d have to...

James Naismith

2011-09-28 08:13:00

From the Kansas Historical Society: Inventor of basketball: Born: 6 November 1861, Canada.� Died: 28 November 1939, Lawrence, Kansas. James Naismith was born November 6, 1861, in Almonte, Ontario, Canada to John and Margaret (Young) Naismith. Orphaned...

With Asik out, Bulls turn to Thomas

2011-05-26 21:40:00

Blog: High School hoops needs a shot clock

2011-01-19 22:05:00

Blog: Boys tournament week, a look back

2011-01-24 03:41:00

Naismith's Original Rules on Display

2011-03-01 00:00:00

Basketball and art museums aren't usually associated with each other. That will change on March 5. The Nelson Atkins Art Museum will put the original rules of basketball on display, as written by James Naismith. Naismith brought basketball to the...

Hokies Delaney still in the running for the James Naismith Award

2011-02-11 13:30:00

The Hokies have a big game with Georgia Tech on Sunday, and they'll need senior point guard Malcolm Delaney to play well.� On Friday, the Baltimore native has made the cut as one of 30 players still remaining for the coveted James Naismith Award....

The inaugural class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Mo., had five honorees: Wooden, James Naismith, Oscar Robertson, Dean Smith and Bill Russell.

2006-11-19 00:00:00

James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is buried in Lawrence Kan., where he coached the Kansas Jayhawks.

2003-02-07 14:16:38

A marbled tribute to University of Kansas coaching greats includes this likeness of James Naismith, who invented basketball in 1891.

2003-02-07 14:14:49