basketball
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He later was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect but eventually was able to resume his basketball career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Washington state in 2024 launched a pilot program in which basketball officials were equipped with body cameras to record negative interactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given their ties to elite sports, the property also comes complete with multiple sports courts, including two tennis courts, as well as a half basketball court.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Bugs Bunny and assorted Looney Tunes characters enlist superstar Michael Jordan’s help to defeat space aliens in a winner-take-all basketball game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
He would instruct high school sciences, lead the band, and coach both the football and basketball teams.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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
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
"Some of the ones we have been to this year are as big as basketballs, or bigger."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
Some seemed as small as fireflies, others as large as basketballs.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
