The major retrospective – the first to be held since Eric Smith’s death in 2017 – includes his earlier religious works, as ...

As he does every year after Selection Sunday in March, he placed copies of his NCAA bracket picks on the graves of James Naismith and Phog Allen. Naismith, the inventor of basketball and KU’s ...

The Naismith College Player of the Year Award, which is named after the creator of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, is one of the highest honors in college basketball. The first award was given in ...

The family of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball, made the trip to Greeneville this weekend to announce the winner of the 2024 Naismith Good Sportsmanship Award.

(WCYB) — Basketball royalty arrived in Greeneville, Tennessee on Friday as the Naismith family took a visit to the local YMCA for a meet and greet with media and others. Relatives of Dr. James ...

The young men in James Naismith’s class were restless until ... should not run with the ball. Drawing inspiration from childhood memories of a game called Duck on a Rock—in which one team ...

Jordan. LeBron. They’re some of the legends of basketball; names that define the sport. But there’s one name that means even more: Naismith. Without Dr. James Naismith—a teacher and chaplain by ...

The Naismith Trophy is a special award given to the men's champion of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, named after the inventor of basketball, James Naismith. It was first awarded in 1967 to the ...

The sport has evolved immensely since educator James Naismith invented it back in 1891 to keep his ... is still younger than some of the legends who played it: Jerry West, the inspiration for the NBA ...

TORONTO – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver had a conversation with Dr. James Naismith, the Canadian who invented basketball in 1891. Well, a conversation with a Naismith hologram. With a picture of ...

The team moved to Kansas City-Omaha and then eventually west. In 1983, Twyman became a member of the James Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in addition to his previous honor locally in the James P.