The Invention of Basketball
Published on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 4:07pm
The game of basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Mass. in December 1891. The first baskets had bottoms, and so, after every basket, the ball had to be retrieved with a ladder.
Naismith later went on to coach basketball at the University of Kansas; Senda Berenson Abbott introduced basketball to women at Smith College in 1892.
Petworth Library currently has a display of books about basketball, including:
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| Basketball Fundamentals by Jon Oliver |
The Complete Book of Basketball Drills by Giorgio Gandolfi |
Chamique by Chamique Holdsclaw |
Clyde the Glide: My Life in Basketball by Clyde Drexler |