basketball
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Nick Welch Jr., an improving 6-foot-9 senior center at Rolling Hills Prep, is scheduled to announce his college basketball choice on Sunday in Torrance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
It’s a big college basketball weekend in Rome with Villanova and Notre Dame squaring off in the Eternal City Tip-Off to kick off the season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
I took a pass on it and instead played on the frosh-soph basketball team and lettered in tennis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
For Ball, the listing comes amid a significant transition in his professional basketball career.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
I try to keep the anger out of my words, but that’s like trying to play basketball without a hoop.
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
I was in the gym, shooting basketballs every day, working on my game.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
Back then, Josie just wanted to talk about how the new playground equipment could shoot basketballs high up into the air.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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