basketball
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Over the past 14 years the number of Americans ranking soccer as their favorite has more than doubled, to 10%, trailing only tackle football and basketball, according to a survey by The Economist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The LCD screens outside the Denver Nuggets basketball arena continue to flicker, although weeds and wolves have overrun the fast-food joints in a bit of postapocalyptic product placement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s been a success, despite one 300-pounder busting through the net around his basketball court and the diving board caving under the strain of a back-flip competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Barack Obama filmed a basketball video with Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Lou Ann? Would it be okay if Boo stayed here? Ray asked me to play basketball just, you know, until it gets dark.”
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
She has seen the video evidence of the two of them, both still in kindergarten, launching basketballs over their heads at the backboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
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
When viewed under a scanning electron microscope, the powder resembles tiny basketballs with billions of holes, said study leader Zihui Zhou, a materials chemist who is working on his PhD at UC Berkeley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
When I finally got into the dance room with the other guys, we turned up the music and did our best to drown out the reverberations of the many basketballs hitting the floor.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
