James naismith

Hey guys - I'm back. Shining bright like a diamond (duh). There's 2 things I know for sure about James Naismith: 1. He is the creator of basketball. (I learned that in my History of Sports in the Media class I took in college. Yes, that's a real class and yes, it did help me win a game of Bamboozled one time.) 2. This whole time I thought he was a black guy until I was talking to my work roommate about it and he assured me the guy was white. Turns out, according to google, he wasn't just any…

James Naismith

#tbt: All the way back to 1891 when Dr. James Naismith invented the game of BASKETBALL! Thank you, Appreciate Dr. Naismith's contribution to the world!

McGill graduate Dr. James Naismith introduced his invention, the game of basketball, on December 21, 1891. Basketball, a game that started with 18 men at the School for Christian Workers (later the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College) in Springfield, Mass., has grown into a game that more than 300 million people play worldwide. The man who created this instantly successful sport was Naismith, an inaugural inductee to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. Dr. Luther…

James Naismith

James Naismith, a teacher at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing what in 1891. The only ‪#‎officialnbaquiz‬ ‪#‎get‬ it on ‪#‎appstore‬ & ‪#‎googleplay‬

That first game was a bit of a free-for-all that resulted in several injuries; "I didn't have enough (rules)," Naismith said.

James Naismith