¢ Last year’s auction of personal memorabilia from the life of James Naismith – the inventor of basketball who coached at Kansas University – set a record for the most earned at an auction for items from a single, non-baseball sporting figure, according to the site Antiques and the Arts Online._”We couldn’t be more pleased,” said Chris Ivy, director of sports memorabilia auctions for Heritage Auction Galleries, “from the kindness and cooperation of Dr Naismith’s family, to the intrigue of the material itself, to the enthusiasm of the bidders that participated, the entire process of hosting this auction was a pleasure.”_¢ Haskell Indian Nations University is mentioned in a USA Today article about colleges recruiting American Indian students.