Since James Naismith’s fateful decision to hang a peach basket on the wall at a YMCA training school in western Massachusetts in 1891, basketball has been a quintessentially American sport. For fans ...

Free-throw and foul situations in high school basketball will look different for the 2023-24 season. The one-and-one free throw has been eliminated and foul limits will reset after each quarter, the ...

During this year's 2024 Paris Olympics, you may notice a different kind of basketball: a three-on-three (3x3) version that is only played on half a court. YES. HALF A COURT. In 2017, after the sport ...

Auctioneer David Redden, right, closes the bidding for the Naismith Rules, the original rules for basketball, framed at center, Friday at Sotheby’s in New York. Standing by the rules is former Harlem ...

James Naismith’s original rules of “Basket Ball” now have a home at Kansas University — right down to the nook they’ll rest in — but there’s a lot of finishing touches yet to complete. That nook, for ...

Olympic basketball is set to begin on July 25 and there are a few notable rules differences compared to NBA competition. One of the marquee events in the Olympics is the basketball tournament. While a ...

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 03: A detail of the orginal 1891 copy of the rules of “Basket Ball” are seen at Sotheby’s auction house December 3, 2010 in New York City. Basketball was invented by American ...

The NBA is the premier basketball league in the world yet its rules are not universal. The Olympics, unlike the NBA, adhere to the rules of FIBA (International Basketball Federation). In fact, all ...

With a desire to bring back a free-flowing, offensive-oriented, fundamentally sound brand of play, women’s basketball stakeholders set sail a few years ago in search of those seemingly lost components ...

James Naismith’s original rules of “Basket Ball” now have a home at Kansas University — right down to the nook they’ll rest in — but there’s a lot of finishing touches yet to complete. That nook, for ...