Basketball A History of the Game Author:Alexander Wolff When Dr. James Naismith requested that a peach basket be nailed to the balcony of a Springfield gymnasium in 1891, he could hardly have imagined the pyrotechnics Michael Jordan would be performing a century later. Nor could he have known how popular his game would become, with college basketball a bigger draw than ever before and the professiona... more »l game expanding into new territory in the U.S. and around the world. To chronicle the amazing growth and to celebrate the astonishing spectacle Naismith's sport has become, Sports Illustrated presents Basketball: A History of the Game, a lavish volume that combines bold photography with the vivid prose of senior writer Alexander Wolff.« less