1 Naismith invented basketball over a century ago.

2 Naismith put up two peach baskets.

3 Basketball was invented by James Naismith.

4 It was created in 1891 by James Naismith.

5 Ian Naismith of Scottish Widows said: "Employers may need to consider late retirement provisions under pension schemes, with more staff likely to work beyond the schemes' normal retirement ages."

6 A man named James Naismith made it up in 1891.

7 After the first game played, Naismith drafted 13 rules and regulations, but many more were yet to come.

8 Basketball was invented by a Canadian named James Naismith, while teaching physical education to his students.

9 Naismith watches would-be owners interact with the horse and visits the site where the animal would live, often several times.

10 It all started in December of 1891. Naismith was teaching in Springfield, Massachusetts and was asked by Luther H. Gulick, the Headmaster of the school for Christian Works to make a new sport.

11 Thousands of foals face slaughter each year, but Naismith, 45, can help only a few.

12 The first baskets were peach baskets that Naismith cleverly thought of hanging on the wall.

13 The first baskets were peach baskets that Naismith cleverly thought of hanging on the wall. From there, the legacy of basketball began.

14 James Naismith was born in Canada. Later he became a physical education teacher at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

15 The modern game was devised by an American, James Naismith, in 1891(eighteen ninety-one).

16 Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming may be headed to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , a lot sooner that anyone thought.

17 Former NBA player and 2009 inductee Michael Jordan speaks during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009 Enshrinement Ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts September 11, 2009.

18 The game of basketball, devised by Canadian doctor James Naismith, was first played in the world, at Springfield in Massachusetts.

19 Basketball is very popular in the world. It is invented by James Naismith. James thinks about basketball in his school days.

20 Two of basketball's greatest Olympic champions are entering the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame together.

21 Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor , James Naismith .

22 The horses learn to be calm around humans—"they've never been touched," says Naismith—so they're ready for new lives on new farms.