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
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
This is a remote camera hovering above and behind the line of scrimmage, replicating the perspective one sees in a video game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
After two standard practices that focused on the basics of passing and ball handling, she scheduled a scrimmage between the new Under Fifteens and their counterparts on the Under Seventeen team.
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
Most teams had scrimmages this past week and games begin Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2024
Among scrimmages taking place include Thursday matchups of Santa Margarita at Chaminade and Birmingham at Bishop Amat and on Friday, Norco is hosting St. John Bosco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
We spent another hour practicing some plays, putting them into action in little scrimmages, and then Coach sent us to the weight room in pairs.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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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
It’s across the street from St. Joseph’s University, where a teenage Bryant regularly scrimmaged against pro basketball players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Carroll and Gonzaga scrimmaged the past two seasons, but this fall both teams had an open slot to begin the year.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
The two-time MVP scrimmaged Thursday - playing three six-minute stretches - in a key step to him being cleared for the opener in the best-of-seven series.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
After the last set of drills, they scrimmaged full-court.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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Eagle Rock’s flag football team has been scrimmaging since the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Curry could return as soon as Sunday after scrimmaging for a third straight day.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Green will get some scrimmaging and work with the G League Memphis Hustle this week.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
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
At an early practice, as the boys were scrimmaging, a gaggle of geese took flight from a pond on the other side of the woods.
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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