scrimmage
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He recorded a 7-foot wingspan and 8-8 standing reach at the NBA combine, where he also impressed scouts during the five-on-five scrimmage with 30 points and seven rebounds on six-for-12 shooting from three-point range.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
In fact, Pochettino should treat that game like a glorified scrimmage, a rare chance in the middle of a tournament to experiment and hammer home finer points of strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
If there’s trust on the back end, James can move up closer to the line of scrimmage to make plays and wreak havoc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
The Super Bowl marked Walker's third straight playoff game with 100-plus scrimmage yards, making him the only player in Seahawks history to accomplish that feat.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Luma had no doubt who would win the scrimmage, but she wanted to see how the Fifteens would react to the challenge.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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He and a couple acquaintances from Harvard organized scrimmages for other local college players at a complex outside of Worcester, Mass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Then came the Americans, who often acted as if they would have been content to slog through meaningless scrimmages in half-empty spring-training stadiums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Other teams will hold scrimmages on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
An early enrollee from northern California, Cusano made sterling plays in scrimmages, and he totaled three tackles in the spring game.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
During practice, he snapped at kids who made bad passes or who couldn’t set him up for a shot during scrimmages.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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While his peers scrimmaged against players in their own grade, the young Kon Knueppel spent his evenings taking a crash course in basketball nitty-gritty from guys two or three times his age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Before the 2023 season, when he played for the Las Vegas Raiders, Garoppolo scrimmaged against the 49ers during a joint practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
Warriors: Curry, the reigning NBA Finals MVP, is increasing his workload and scrimmaged earlier in the day with Golden State’s two-way players and backups.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio has scrimmaged with the team’s G-League affiliate as he nears his return after season-ending knee surgery.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
I kept my head where it was supposed to be, in the moment, even when we scrimmaged.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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Tucker will wrap up spring practice Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, where fans will watch a 15-period practice that will include first-string offensive players scrimmaging against the team’s top defense.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023
Green will get some scrimmaging and work with the G League Memphis Hustle this week.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
The team spent the days afterward scrimmaging twice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Afterward, Thompson remained on the bench for more than 20 minutes — acknowledging earlier in the week after resuming full-court scrimmaging that this has been a taxing rehab grind after back-to-back serious injuries.
From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2021
“Right. They had that video, you and me scrimmaging, when you made that ridiculously shallow lob and I caught you at the net.”
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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