This engineer built a never-miss basketball hoop that makes anyone look like Michael Jordan. All it took was some math, physics, and a CNC router.

After designing a curved basketball backboard that redirects every shot through the hoop, Shane Wighton has engineered a new and improved version that’s even more forgiving by actively tracking ...

But Shane Wighton’s custom backboard takes a passive approach to the problem of being really bad at sinking hoops—though there was still a lot of thought and engineering that went into its design.

The Patents Behind Basketball. This March Madness consider how the sport has evolved in its 128-year history, through innovations in ball design, hoops and training devices ...

Basketball is a go-to sport in many school P.E. classes, but for students with disabilities it can be difficult to keep up with everyone else.

Weighing 65 pounds, and spanning 3½ feet across with a circumference of 11 feet, his giant wooden basketball is 4½ times larger than a regulation ball. The idea came to him while on a stroll.