The Wall Street Journal yesterday had an interesting article about Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Note the specifically gospel-directed emphasis of Naismith's work:
As a young Christian, Naismith received a master's degree from Montreal's Presbyterian Theological College. Convinced that he could better exemplify the Christian life through sports than in the pulpit, he moved to Springfield, Mass., to serve as a physical-education instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association's International Training School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College). Naismith's vision? "To win men for the Master through the gym."
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