Basketball is the only major modern sport that was "invented" by an individual. It did not evolve from another sport, such as football and soccer did, but rather was created in almost the identical form that it is played in today by a man named James...

Dr. James Naismith would no doubt be astounded to see the degree to which the game he invented in the late nineteenth century has changed and evolved. As it was, Naismith—during his remarkable life—saw the game transformed from one in...

James A. Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was the inventor of the sport of basketball and the first to introduce the use of a helmet in American football. He was also the first basketball coach to assemble a team of 5 players. He...

A short, stocky old man with a bristling mustache and a thick, powerful neck that belied his age wandered into a gymnasium some years ago. He was asked by one young chap to referee an impromptu basketball game. Another youth interrupted and...

Byline: EWING GRAHAME JUST as they did when Kris Boyd left them for Rangers, Kilmarnock areproving that there is life after Steven Naismith. Victory at home to St Mirren this afternoon will see them two points better offthan they were at...

Darnell Jackson scored 25 points with nine rebounds and Darrell Arthur added 22 points in front of a surprisingly supportive road crowd on Saturday to lead No. 3 Kansas to an 85-60 victory over Boston College.Kansas won its first 14 games for the sixth time...

Let Kentucky have the past. Kansas owns the present. And with a few more performances like this, the loaded Jayhawks might be making some more history of their own. Chicago native Julian Wright scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, Brandon Rush...