The young men in James Naismith’s class were restless until ... so as not to encourage “roughness.” With a soccer ball and two peach baskets he borrowed from the gym’s building manager ...

Before I became the basketball coach at the University of Kansas in 1988, my knowledge of James Naismith was ... stable/j.ctt14btb6m.8 As Naismith arrived at his office the next morning, he picked up ...

1 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1891, the game of basketball was invented when James Naismith ... ends of a gym and gave students soccer balls to toss into them. In 1903, the world's ...