Basketball is a five‑on‑five team sport played on a rectangular court, where players score by shooting the ball into hoops. Key rules govern movement, scoring, fouls, and timing. For newcomers, ...

Kansas basketball holds a special place in the history of basketball thanks to Dr. James Naismith, who wrote the rules of basketball. Today, the sport of basketball occupies the hearts and minds of ...

Since James Naismith’s fateful decision to hang a peach basket on the wall at a YMCA training school in western Massachusetts in 1891, basketball has been a quintessentially American sport. For fans ...

Everything to know regarding FIBA rules and regulations with exhibition games for the Paris Olympics in full swing. Michael Duke, for NBA.com Olympic basketball operates under rules and regulations ...