One of the nation's most successful sporting events began as a financial flop. Hastily planned and poorly promoted, the inaugural NCAA tournament in 1939 was such an afterthought that many teams that ...

In the early afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 9 — as I was just roused from a late-night slumber, still processing the thrilling triple-overtime game at Lavietes Pavilion the night before — I received a ...

During the 1940s, downtown Hammond was the place to go — whether it was to shop, see a show, or grab a bite to eat. On March 31, 1940, the usual weekend crowd increased from a few hundred to tens of ...

Ed Macauley, 83, one of the first big stars of the National Basketball Association, who won a championship with the St. Louis Hawks and was traded by the Boston Celtics for Bill Russell, died Nov. 8 ...

GASTONIA - When Duke University begins its 111th season of basketball on Friday night in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic, the Blue Devils will be the No. 1 team in the country and a ...

Willie "Woo Woo" Wong, a man of small stature but large athletic talent who went on to become one of San Francisco's biggest basketball names in the 1940s and among the finest Chinese American players ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Second Dynasty is packed with fast, play-by-play basketball action that ...

If you are not that familiar with the Spartans' basketball history, let me tell you. If you are a historian of Michigan State University basketball, you probably know who wore No. 7 during the 1941-42 ...

Even though the basketball season is over, memories of high school basketball teams from the past still linger. After seeing stories about them here, Ramona Fraase, Buffalo, N.D., sent in some of her ...

Billy Frazier had just completed his first year as head coach for the Gonzaga High School football team. In December of 1939 he took on his second new job, coaching Bullpup basketball, replacing long ...