Yahoo! News · Dec 21, 2016
Basketball: From humble beginnings, hoops celebrates 125th birthday
People play basketball under the skyline of lower Manhattan in Brooklyn Bridge Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid(Reuters) - A game drawn up to occupy some bored boys as winter approached at a Massachusetts gymnasium celebrates its 125th anniversary on Wednesday and basketball's status as the world's second most popular sport.
Basketball began on Dec 21, 1891 at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) gym in Springfield with rules made up by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith.