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 ...
A University of Kansas researcher has discovered what is believed to be the only audio recording of basketball inventor James Naismith, during which he describes the first game he organized 124 years ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A document signed by Dr. James Naismith, the creator of basketball in Springfield, has been sold for $17,840 at an auction. The document, a biographical questionnaire from ...
1997 — Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions becomes the third player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season when he gains 184 in a 13-10 win over the New York Jets. Sanders finishes with 2,053 yards, ...
It certainly does not roll off the tongue, never mind dribble, but the sport we know today as ‘hoops’ was nearly saddled with the cumbersome, if honourable, moniker of ‘Naismith-ball.’ ...