basketball
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There are also wrestlers, basketball players and track athletes on the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
“Ueck reached up there and knocked that ball down like a basketball center,” Murphy said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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
I manage to find Ray’s basketball and head over there.
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
Not that Hudson herself isn’t juggling a number of metaphorical basketballs at all times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
Cancer Perks are the little things cancer kids get that regular kids don’t: basketballs signed by sports heroes, free passes on late homework, unearned driver’s licenses, etc.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
