basketball
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Sheriff’s officials this week released several photos of Perez where he could be seen playing a keyboard — he is in a musical group, according to officials — or wearing a basketball jersey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Tennis is hardly a national pastime in the Philippines, ranking far behind basketball and soccer to the archipelago’s population of roughly 120 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
About half of Sondheimer’s career ago, I reached out to Eric as a first-year middle school basketball coach with “a story you might want to tell.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Barack Obama filmed a basketball video with Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“If somebody comes for me, will you tell them I’ll be out by the basketball hoop?”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
“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
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
Not that Hudson herself isn’t juggling a number of metaphorical basketballs at all times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Every time the ship tilted, a mismatched herd of sports equipment rolled across the floor—footballs, basketballs, baseballs, and for some reason, a single billiard ball.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
