basketball
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There are also wrestlers, basketball players and track athletes on the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Wembanyama combined his work with Provence with hosting his Hoop Gambit event, in which participants play games of chess and basketball, in his hometown of Le Chesnay.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
Watching these elite legal minds up-close felt like having courtside seats to see LeBron James play basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I talk to the guys that play basketball, but otherwise, I keep to myself.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
At 10:30 a.m., the bell rings through the halls of William F. Prisk Elementary School in Long Beach, sending students racing onto the playground, throwing basketballs, doing cartwheels, gliding down slides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
Sure, it’s basketballs to baseballs, and not a perfect comparison; just imagine how high Ohtani’s usage would be if you could spam the pick-and-roll with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 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
He bounces out basketballs, dodgeballs, and rubber balls.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
