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 ...
The official story is that Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Mass., in 1891. But what about the teenager tossing cabbages in upstate New York a year earlier? By Dan Barry Just off ...
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 ...