/channels/taxonomy/term/1213/all en /channels/news/date-history-naismith-invents-basketball-dec-21-1891-105868 <p>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ graduate <strong>Dr. James Naismith</strong> introduced his invention, <strong>the game of basketball</strong>, on December 21, 1891.</p> <p>Basketball, a game that started with 18 men at the School for Christian Workers (later the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College) in Springfield, Mass., has grown into a game that more than 300 million people play worldwide. The man who created this instantly successful sport was Naismith, an inaugural inductee to the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.</p> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:03:06 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 78462 at /channels /channels/news/double-double-spells-toil-and-trouble-gaiters-213840 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:50:04 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 84177 at /channels /channels/event/martlet-basketball-playoff-vs-concordia-rseq-final-home-175307 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:53:07 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 67641 at /channels /channels/event/martlets-basketball-vs-ottawa-home-217415 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:37:13 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 73033 at /channels /channels/news/weekes-reaches-magic-milestone-century-game-103524 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:20:38 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 78190 at /channels /channels/event/martlets-basketball-reebok-invitational-vs-carleton-away-104541 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:48:33 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 48522 at /channels /channels/news/weekes-effort-not-strong-enough-against-laval-104564 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:50:59 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 78349 at /channels /channels/news/rookie-cager-nets-17-martlets-slay-knights-105949 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:21:13 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 78521 at /channels /channels/event/martlet-basketball-vs-laval-home-108321 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:38:27 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 52023 at /channels /channels/news/martin-shines-martlet-hoopsters-pull-rare-upset-quebec-city-113227 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:49:15 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 79085 at /channels /channels/event/martlet-basketball-bishops-away-108358 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:33:56 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 52049 at /channels /channels/news/new-statue-honours-mcgill-grad-james-naismith-165058 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:45:06 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 79585 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-announces-live-webcasts-varsity-sports-167430 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:59:15 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 79702 at /channels /channels/event/martlet-basketball-vs-laval-home-164390 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:01:39 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 60322 at /channels /channels/news/third-quarter-collapse-costly-martlets-felled-first-time-170995 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:55:56 +0000 mark.styles@±«ÓãÖ±²¥.Ca 81035 at /channels