basketball
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She grew up wanting to play basketball and dabbling in football, but she has been the de facto face of women who play baseball without picking a bat up for a half-decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Nylah Moore has been a standout flag football and girls’ basketball player at Eagle Rock High.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The law firm highlighted the school’s response to the behavior of then-men’s basketball coach Juwan Howard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rules have been changed in baseball, basketball, American football and ice hockey to allow for more minority investments in the past decade, causing team values to skyrocket.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
I’ve played basketball before, and I like it.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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
Aday Mara and Lazar Stefanovic stood alongside one another on the perimeter and tapped basketballs before firing three-pointers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
The duke joined the kids in dribbling basketballs, even shooting one in the hoop, before they all posed for a photo.
From BBC ● May 12, 2024
So I tell her I’m sorry, it won’t happen again, then head off to my next class.Gym class is supposed to be about balls: volleyballs, basketballs, softballs, soccer balls—sometimes sit-ups and always sweat.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
