McLendon is also a member of the Athletics Hall of Fame at KU, where his documented barrier-breaking began as a student of none other than James Naismith himself. Katz, a professor of humanities ...

On Friday, it was announced that Stanford's star big man was named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Men's College Player of the Year Midseason Team. Raynaud was also named to the Kareem Abdul ...

One might expect a steady stream of basketball fans to pass the grave of the game’s inventor: Dr. James Naismith. Not so. “Since I have been working here, there has been nobody to come here ...

First among these pioneers, it suggests, should be Smith gymnastics instructor Senda Berenson, "the matriarch of women's basketball," who in 1892, "less than a year after Dr. James A. Naismith ...

Today is also the anniversary of the original 13 rules of basketball being published in the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA newsletter by its creator James Naismith. Amazingly, this brief memo was ...

It was invented by one man, on this day 124 years ago. Dr James Naismith was a Canadian PE instructor who was working at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.

No. 10 NC State's leading scorer won Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week and ACC Player of the Week for her performances in the Pack's wins over Duke and Florida State. RALEIGH, N.C ...

Carmelo Anthony was among the North American Committee finalists, joining other notable names like coaches Billy Donovan and Mark Few, as well as fellow player Dwight Howard. On Saturday, Anthony took ...

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has congratulated his former teammate and fellow forward Carmelo Anthony on being a first-time finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. "Well ...