20: God and Basketballl! Danny Ortiz and Michael Redd - a podcast by The Wave

James Naismith loved God and invented basketball.
In the winter of 1891, when a 30-year-old physical education instructor from the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts invented an indoor game that could be played between football and baseball seasons, basket ball – originally two words – was born. James Naismith wrote and developed the game’s original thirteen rules and, through the YMCA network, quickly spread the news throughout the country. As basketball’s popularity grew, Naismith neither sought publicity nor engaged in self-promotion. He was first and foremost an educator, holding posts at the International YMCA Training School and the University of Kansas.

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