basketball
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ACL tears are particularly common in sports such as soccer, basketball and skiing, where athletes frequently pivot, stop abruptly or jump.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
That year, he and other owners of Seattle’s NBA basketball team, the SuperSonics, moved it to Oklahoma City and rebranded it as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Gorman was the voice of the basketball team for 43 years before retiring in 2024, and even credits the beautiful condo and the easy commute it offered for contributing to the longevity of his career.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The gamble - spending its entire basketball budget on Jordan before he had even competed in the NBA - made Nike what it is today.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I look like I was born for basketball.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
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
Baseballs are too small, soccer balls too heavy, but basketballs are just right.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
