Basketball was first introduced in Massachusetts in 1891 to a group of students of the YMCA training school by James Naismith, the physical education teacher. "The game was setup with two half-bushel peach baskets fastened to the balcony railing at opposite sides of the gymnasium and played wi...

James Naismith, better known as the "Father of Basketball," was born in Ramsay, a town near Almonte, Ontario on November 6, 1861, where he was the eldest son of Scottish immigrants John and Margaret Naismith. Ever since he was a young lad he had a passion for sports. Although he wasn&apo...

"Swoosh." This phrase would never be used if it wasn't for the creator of basketball, Dr. James Naismith. Most people know one thing about Naismith, but nobody really knows about him. Such as his childhood days, his education, his jobs, and how he actually invented the game basketb...