Pictured here with his wife Maude Evelyn Sherman Naismith, James Naismith was a Canadian American physical educator who invented basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891 to keep his students active during the winter. The game was an immediate success and the original American sport spre...

Newman Vertical Campus at Baruch College, New York City, New YorkEducation Images | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesCollege is expensive for many American families. But it doesn't have to be.The average cost of a year's worth of tuition and fees is over $30,000 at all U.S. 4-year colleges, a...