basketball
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The new state he lives in has a professional basketball team, but he believes the ordeal has made him unemployable in the small world of sports writers.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
D’Amelio most recently served as chief innovation officer for the New York Liberty, where he worked across basketball operations, health and performance, analytics and applied sciences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The sprawling property has everything from standard rooms to stand-alone lake houses, plus indoor and outdoor pools, lawn games, basketball and pickleball courts.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Clippers and Mr. Ballmer are threatening a legal response, but the NBA investigative report by Wachtell, Lipton is persuasive about the role of the team’s basketball executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Can I help it that I’m God’s gift to basketball AND the fishes?”
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
“Footballs everywhere, cleats everywhere, basketballs, jerseys,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Other sports have made accommodations for female body types, such as lower sprint hurdles in athletics or lighter and smaller basketballs.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
He bounces out basketballs, dodgeballs, and rubber balls.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
