The college previously named the green and its gymnasium after Naismith. Art on campus can be both a pleasure and an inspiration. We’re pleased that Dr. James Naismith will continue to have a ...

James Naismith invented basketball in 1891. A 1939 tape of Naismith talking about the game has been found — it may be the only recording of his voice. The tape is from the WOR-AM archives.

They drew the cloth, revealing James Naismith's more than 119-year-old "Rules of Basket Ball." "The connection," Booth said, "between basketball and art." There are masterpieces in this building ...

Sculptor Elden Tefft, Lawrence, has completed his latest sculpture: a bronze casting of James Naismith ... Elden Tefft, a former art professor at Kansas University, this weekend will be delivering ...

The tech giant's latest doodle honors Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-American physical educator, doctor and coach. On Jan. 15, 1892, one year after he invented the game of basketball, Naismith ...

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 ...

James Naismith wrote the 13 rules while a physical education instructor at the Christian association. "Basketball is a pure invention," said Selby Kiffer, senior specialist in American history ...

It wasn’t exactly passion or inspiration that drove inventor James Naismith, but rather, that time-honored instigator: necessity. The winter of 1891 was a particularly harsh one in New England.