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LAWRENCE, Kan. >> 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 ...

Dr. James Naismith’s new game ‘basket ball’ debuted in public in Massachusetts on March 11, 1892 Basketball debuted publicly in March 1892, invented by Dr. James Naismith. Amos Alonzo Stagg, football ...

March is a month for basketball. That’s been the case for decades now as the NCAA Tournament grew from curiosity to cultural phenomenon, but did you know the first time the public got to see a game ...