A Kansas professor finds a rare recording of James Naismith | THE HERD

[@DungarooTV]

The Pacers-Pistons brawl aka "Malice at the palace" in 2004 pays tribute to the first basketball game.

[@fahad7850]

astro boy

[@ElFrankElTank]

Absolutely incredible.

[@811knight]

How does this only have 4000 views? What a disgrace.

[@savagetuner2404]

well....

[@Dylan_The_Car_Dealer]

Hmmmm

[@chylan3669]

I choked when he mentioned Kobe!!!😨😂

[@Zithar]

RIP Kobe :(

[@justinnorman4541]

The most ironic thing to me about James Naismith was he was the only coach at Kansas with a losing record. In fact, his over-all record was 55-60. I just think that is so crazy that the inventor of the game has a losing record in it!

[@1omega]

This is amazing. It’s probably because I’m a history nerd but this is absolutely incredible. Such clear audio.

[@calvinbroedis5952]

Basketball's history is never explored enough.

[@mr.intamin1081]

Calvin Broedis Canadian

[@picasso9555]

@@mr.intamin1081 he was canadian yes but he moved to america/kansas

[@mr.intamin1081]

beast sooo??? If I move to Kansas right now am I not canadian?? Canadian invented basketball...

[@TheIcemanthomas]

@@mr.intamin1081 too bad Americans run the game. The hof building is in America. The premier basket ball league is 99% USA and 1% Canada. The first recorded game ever was played at a US college. The original document of the 13 rules resides in Kansas. He invented it in Canada and brought it to THE UNITED STATES. He wrote the book there and sold it to America. America is the mecca. End of story. Springfield, Massachusetts for the win.

[@gianadavis-cainblm4806]

@@mr.intamin1081 And they suck at it

[@RCJH2022]

The gym was in Massachusetts, not Kansas.

[@SweetjamesjonesII]

We need a espn doc on this

[@stonecoldku4161]

I had heard that he was forced to invent an indoor game to play during the winter, because the boys at the gym couldn't play American Football and were getting too rowdy. So rowdy in fact that several of the staff working for or Dr. Naismith's predecessors had quit. They couldn't put up with the young men in the gym anymore. Hearing what happened during the first game of basketball seems to confirm that the young men playing in that gym were nuts.

[@itbepoetry]

underraed

[@020xalmighty6]

Btw He was Canadian

[@mr.intamin1081]

020xAlmighty YUp Americans don’t like hearing that for some reason BUT CANADA MADE TJE GAME

[@emiliarodriguez307]

@@mr.intamin1081 Scottish*

[@MrLeslieb123]

@@mr.intamin1081 don't speak for all Americans

[@gianadavis-cainblm4806]

@@mr.intamin1081 Canada sucks at basketball

[@nancyhuang5786]

he was both canadian and american

[@bboystance1670]

The home of basketball is Springfield college in Boston. Naismith started the first basketball program at Kansas where he also coached the team.

[@mr.intamin1081]

Neil MacDonald canadian

[@joshcorley508]

@@mr.intamin1081 Canadian-American

[@timetravelingoldman6839]

@@joshcorley508 Born and raised in Canada.

[@LeopardGeckoProject]

Wrong. Springfield College is in Springfield, Massachusetts. I was born and raised in Springfield and lived right on the border of Springfield College. So close we used to walk there to use the computer labs and walk the tracks. The Basketball Hall of Fame is in Springfield along the Connecticut River. Throughout the city are sneaker statues as an attraction. We used to take field trips to the basketball hall of fame in school. If any of you are in the region I recommend going to the basketball hall of fame.

[@bboystance1670]

@@LeopardGeckoProject Yes, you're correct, meant to write Massachusetts! It's quite the site to see especially as a basketball fan or sneaker fan!

[@jayyyrd237]

James Naismith thank you your an inspiration to all of us 🙏🏻

[@psychoboxing3058]

Wow! This is amazing!

[@mtnmann72]

Sounds like the first game was played by the pistons from the 90’s

[@aaronflowers8881]

😂

[@robertmckeever6910]

On 20 January 1892, the first official game of basketball was played in a YMCA in Springfield, Mass. James Naismith, the game's inventor, described the chaos of the first game in a rare interview later discovered by a professor at the University of Kansas-where Naismith brought his new game in 1898. (Listen to the Recording) Disregard what Colin Cowherd said about it being invented in Kansas. Why do you think they put the Hall Of Fame in Springfield, Mass.?

[@truefacts682]

He’s a Canadian and the first nba game was in Canada between Toronto huskies and the ny knicks

[@joshcorley508]

The first nba game was not in Canada lmao

[@Dylan_The_Car_Dealer]

Some of y’all in the comments are making jokes and don’t know how historical this is.

[@uniquekanku]

he s born in Almonte Ontario Canada!Thank you Canada

[@mathewrubert5315]

Rock chalk!!! KU has the rules!!!

[@johnwesleyhuss2327]

1:20 Why does he sound like vector from cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2?

[@bodiesel01]

THE REAL GOAT...NO DEBATE!!💯

[@javiervasquez9257]

I wouldn't be surprised if Kobe denied interview requests from Colin Cowherd. He's so bitter towards the Mamba, it's despicable. Look, he may be washed up now but his success and accomplishments are remarkable.

[@kobeisthegoat5767]

Javier Vasquez Kobe is never washed up!

[@joshcorley508]

Ok here are the facts. Dr. Naismith was born in Canada to Scottish parents and the moved to the U.A. Became a citizen and invented the game in Massachusetts. He wasn’t Scottish, he wasn’t only Canadian and it wasn’t invented in Canada.

[@zLano1k]

Kobe

[@ArMain7854]

My great great great great great uncle

[@masonwilliams414]

Yo same last name too🤣

[@serafimkaralexis9534]

What happened to Springfield College in Springfield Mass? Wasn't basketball invented there?

[@ProjectDystopia]

That Kobe joke didn't age well....

[@dickhardpicard]

😩

[@ChrisDodges123]

Wow!!!!

[@BobbleHead90]

It was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts not Kansas.

[@gpwhitem]

Awesome they found this audio. However, Kansas has nothing to do with this story. Yes, Naismith spent a lot of time there, but he invented the game in Massachusetts, and really, the game as we know it today flowered in Indiana at the high school level.

[@davidhelweg1449]

He coached Kansas so kansas has something to do with it.

[@goldrush.35]

awesome awesome awesome

[@mitchfinnegan1289]

amazing how much is wrong in both this video and the one by Sen. Ben Sasse. Here's the truth: Dr. Naismith was a graduate student at and instructor on the faculty of the Physical Education department of what is now Springfield College in Springfield Massachusetts (get it--that's why the Basketball Hall of Fame is there!), but was then known as the International YMCA Training School (formerly the School for Christian Workers). This was NOT a YMCA--it was a post-secondary training school for men who wanted to go into work for the YMCA as either an Association Secretary (present day equivalent would be a branch Executive Director) and for Physical Directors. The class was among young men (college age) training to become Physical Directors. Naismith worked under the direction of Luther Halsey Gulick, who is considered the founder of American Physical Education. Naismith later went on to coach and teach in Kansas, but the game was NOT invented there. By the way Colin--long way around to get to a cheap shot at Kobe!

[@joshcorley508]

Actually Gulick was the founder of physical education all together

[@chiluku]

The commentator need to get his facts straight. The first game was played in Springfield MA in a YMCA and not Kansas.

[@ayrfresh9632]

without Scotland basketball would not of happened lmfao.

[@andrewroumell414]

Do not think they had 4 track 90 years ago.

[@davidhelweg1449]

I don't understand the kobe thing. Was this supposed to be fake?

[@jiahadmitchell8989]

Did he just say kobe 🤔wow

[@petecruz6143]

I thought this real until he said Kobe! Smh I hope it’s real

[@masonwilliams414]

Time stamp?

[@ayvayots4309]

i’m related to him🙃periodt

[@spencersagrado3190]

ayva yots hmm how’s that?

[@ayvayots4309]

my paps cousin or whateva

[@deftones4569]

That’s awesome

[@stixnpoles2564]

Thas when yall started playing.......the Olmecs, in ancient Mexico, were already hoopin hundreds of years before Kansas was even a thought.👀😬

[@javiervasquez9257]

Lmao

[@kaneljhawk]

Basketball was not invented at Kansas. That has never been claimed by KU nor by fans who know history. It's people like Cowturd who bastardize the story that make that claim.

[@mizzou1016]

It’s what Kansas does though. They know their state has nothing to offer so they make stuff up. They literally named a city after a successful city in Missouri to trick people into moving to their pathetic state.

[@mr.intamin1081]

CANADIANNNN

[@erinlee11]

James Naismith is Canadian

[@groalerable]

he will never be ballin

[@timmancillas8326]

Lebron wouldn’t have survived in this era

[@artus5512]

And people say black people invented it lol

[@austinrwann5509]

Freemason ...

[@JoshDavionOfficial]

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