Example Sentences

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He took the job in 2011 as head coach of the Reno Bighorns in the NBA’s D-League, hoping it might be enough just to be adjacent to the NBA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

So far, Stub Clausen has spent time in the Bighorns and Ferrùs Marimòn has gone to Yellowstone National Park.

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2015

The Toronto-born Bhullar initially signed with the organization last August, playing 39 games for the Kings' development league affiliate Reno Bighorns, where he averaged 10.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

From Reuters • Apr. 3, 2015

Home in Baton Rouge for a four-day break from the D-League’s Reno Bighorns, Temple received a call on Dec. 22 from Tommy Sheppard, the Wizards’ vice president of basketball administration .

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2012

I named the small town at the base of the Bighorns, near where the Penrose Trail comes out, or down and out.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen