Google's logo tribute on Friday is a slam dunk: an homage to the inventor of basketball. The tech giant's latest doodle honors Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-American physical educator, doctor and ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — A document signed by Dr. James Naismith, the Springfield man who created basketball, recently sold for $17,840 at RR Auction in Boston. The 1895 document is a “blank form” biographical ...

The gavel has come down. According to the AP, David and Suzanne Booth have purchased the original document of James Naismith's 13 basketball rules at a Sotheby's auction on Friday. David Booth is an ...

In an audio recording, long-buried among countless others in Library of Congress archives, an animated 1930s radio announcer asks, “Dr. Naismith, how did you happen to invent basketball?” What follows ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- A University of Kansas researcher has discovered what is believed to be the only audio recording of basketball inventor James Naismith, during which he describes the first game he ...

LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas put James Naismith’s original rules of basketball on display Friday at the new multi-million-dollar DeBruce Center, which was built to house the historical two-page ...

James Naismith, the Canadian-American who invented the game of basketball, was celebrated with a Google Doodle on Friday. Naismith, who invented the sport in 1891, was born 30 years earlier, near the ...

Michael Zogry, KU associate professor in the department of religious studies, who discovered the only known audio recording of James Naismith, talks about some of the many items in his Naismith ...