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Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939) was a Canadian-born educator and coach who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while teaching physical education at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass. Naismith did not finish high school until the age of...

Jim Calhoun has been head basketball coach at the University of Connecticut since 1986. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005....

Basketball has taken Cynthia Cooper-Dyke around the world, and now the Hall of Fame player is back home at Southern California.

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

Former Washington and Washington State men's basketball coach Marv Harshman has died at 95.

Spencer Haywood should have sailed into the Basketball Hall of Fame long before now, instead of floating along on this two-decade wait that hasn't been easy or uncomplicated for Haywood. But for him, little ever is.

Neil Paine rolls out another edition of the Hall Monitor and asks whether Rasheed Wallace is a Hall of Famer.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2013

After a Hall of Fame selection and a second national championship, Rick Pitino's status among the greatest college basketball coaches is secure.

In case you were out demanding that Red Lobster serve you a never-ending pasta bowl, here's what you missed in sports on Monday: In a thrilling conclusion to the NCAA tournament, the Louisville Cardinals beat the Michigan Wolverines, 82-76, to w...

Sylvia Hatchell, the second-winningest women's coach, and Dawn Staley, who played in three Final Fours, will be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in September.

Jerry Tarkanian will enter the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this September....

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

Dick Vitale discusses Rick Pitino's election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame....

Rick Pitino got the phone call of a lifetime and an incredible text at the same time.

Using WARP to figure out who are the leading candidates for future HOF induction.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2013

NBA legend Bernard King will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2013, a source confirmed to ESPNNewYork.com.