basketball
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Participation has boomed in Australia and scores of athletes are switching from Australian rules football, netball and rugby, while the American team has recruited basketball players.
From BBC ● 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
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
It was kind of a new thing for Chip to come over and play basketball.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
A couple of the pumpkins are the size of basketballs, with 10 or more smaller ones trying to catch up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 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
They have images of basketballs and say GO PANTHERS!
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
