The official story is that Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Mass., in 1891. But what about the teenager tossing cabbages in upstate New York a year earlier?

In its first season of play this summer, the WNBA didn't forget to honor Smith gymnastic instructor Senda Berenson as the matriarch of women's basketball. She insisted in 1892 that women were to play ...

The official story is that Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Mass., in 1891, but what about the teenager tossing cabbages in upstate New York a year earlier?

When Ron Smith walked into UNC’s Wilson Library, he wasn’t looking for a passion project. He was looking for a distraction.

With the first quarter-century behind us, we have picked the top 25 South Jersey high school boys basketball players from 2000-25 ...

Gene Slaughter was raised on the sheep ranch his great-grandfather homesteaded on Gypsum Creek in 1892. Gene knew every inch ...

Since 1892, the Marching "100" has become a global ambassador for excellence at HBCUs, earning acclaim for its innovative techniques and high-profile performances at the Super Bowl, Summer ...

William G. Little, captain of the first Alabama football team in 1892, is shown. Little, a Livingston native, learned the game will attending prep school in Massachusetts the previous year.

Tonje was drafted 53rd overall by the Utah Jazz, while Crowl signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the team, giving him the ...