athletic
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I’m charmed by LeBron James’s nascent golf career: How someone at the top of one athletic profession has decided to start at the grim bottom of another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I wasn’t wearing a T-shirt—it was more like a poly-blend athletic shirt which makes me look like someone who once walked past a yoga studio without going inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Ashton acknowledges that one of the key lessons from their previous Premier League campaign was the need to bring in more athletic players "with a different set of physical attributes".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Riley, in particular, proved to be “very influential” in the process, according to Jeff Fucci, USC’s senior associate athletic director for capital projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
I was very close to moving to the next level of athletic ability, a level at which I would be better than most kids my age and ready to play against older kids.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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