On Jan. 15, 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious injury when pilot Chesley Sullenberger gently landed his disabled aircraft in the Hudson River between New York and New ...

In 1890, Smith College built a large, well-equipped gymnasium to offer physical education to young women to go along with its rigorous academic requirements. The college then hired a 23-year-old ...

It’s not unusual to see freshman Kohl Rosario practicing his shot on James Naismith Court before or after any given Kansas men’s basketball game. “Not everybody works like Kohl,” KU coach Bill Self ...

Can basketball be a force that helps bring a divided nation, a divided world together? That’s the dream of World Basketball Day. A day — designated by the United Nations to be commemorated every Dec.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Neah Bay Red Devils alumni Allie Greene and her Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team teammates took the floor on James Naismith Court at the famed Allen ...

The NBA and the world's basketball community will celebrate the third annual World Basketball Day on Dec. 21 with events to highlight the sport's impact around the globe, the league announced Thursday ...

NBA and YMCA announce year-long collaboration as part of World Basketball Day on Dec. 21 to help further the game's growth. Official release The third annual World Basketball Day will take place on ...

The insertion of a walk-on for Kansas men’s basketball usually suggests that victory is near. But when Wilder Evers came on the floor for the Jayhawks on Saturday afternoon against Princeton, with 13 ...

Considered one of the greatest players and coaches in league history, Lenny Wilkens was a nine-time All-Star in 15 seasons. Joe Nicholson / Imagn Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Naismith ...

Basketball’s origin story is well documented. The game was invented by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Mass., in 1891. It flowered over the next two decades, mainly in the Young Men’s Hebrew ...

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 ...

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 ...