Kenny Sailors

Basketball fans all over the world are mourning the loss of Kenny Sailors, the proud Wyoming native credited with inventing the jump shot, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 95. Although Sailors is a member of the University of Wyoming Atheltics Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, for some reason he has yet to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball H

Kenny Sailors was the Michael Jordan of Wyoming. Among the greatest athletes in the history of the Cowboy State, he was a pioneer for one of America's most popular sports. Early this morning, the inventor of the "jump shot" passed away in Laramie at the age of 95...

Kenny Sailors is the Michael Jordan of Wyoming. Among the greatest athletes in the history of the Cowboy State, he was a pioneer for one of America's most popular sports. Today, the inventor of the "jump shot" celebrates his 95th birthday...