basketball

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But that fix won’t arrive until this offseason at the earliest, when the league can institute changes designed to deter teams from playing terrible basketball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

After years of battling cancer, legendary college basketball announcer Dick Vitale said in a statement that he has melanoma in his lung and liver cavity and will be starting immunotherapy soon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

“It’s just because it’s two cerebral basketball players,” James said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

In other words, basketball appears to have gotten every football owner a raise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

We’ve worked out a good routine of school and basketball and Sunday dinners at Celia’s.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko