Learn about basketball rules, history, positions, skills and more.

This is the official website of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. A wealth of information can be found on all college sports, including cross country, football, baseball, track and field, basketball, and swimming....

This resource provides current and historical information about the sport of basketball.

How and why was basketball invented? To see some actual photographs and read about the beginning of this very popular sport, visit this page from the Library of Congress.

The online version of the magazine, "The Sporting News" covers the top stories, news, and events in all of today's sports. Content also includes Sporting News radio, sports history, trivia, customizable features, and much more.

Decades before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders starred in baseball and football, Jim Thorpe was America's original multi-sport athlete. A two-time college football All-American and charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Thorpe...

Read about the options for leisure time in the Gilded Age for the typical American. Baseball, vaudeville, and bicycling all came into their own in the 1890s.

Biographical information on Bill Russell, an American basketball player who was the first outstanding defensive center in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and one of the sport's greatest icons.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Wayne Embry, an American professional basketball player and the first African-American to serve as the general manager of a professional sports franchise.