basketball
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The price is believed to be the highest ever paid for basketball memorabilia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
He proudly showed off the metal sign he just bought, marked "Penn Station," the subway stop for Madison Square Garden -- the arena where his beloved Knicks basketball team plays.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
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
I know I’m the one who brought it up, but the basketball talk makes me antsy.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
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
His peers could dunk basketballs and had mustaches; he was in eighth grade but had barely hit puberty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
But after just three years I could afford all the Spalding basketballs I wanted.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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