basketball

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Former Stanford University basketball coach Mike Montgomery told US media that it was a "sad day" and that Collins was one of the school's "greats".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

To play basketball you need only a ball and a basket.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

I’ll question why the Lakers would invest so heavily on an aging, oft-injured star whose game is predicated on athleticism and not the out-of-this-world basketball IQ like 41-year-old LeBron.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The rest of the basketball world has spent the entire season wondering whether this is the end of James’s eight-year partnership with the NBA’s glitziest franchise—his longest consecutive stint with a single team.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

I manage to find Ray’s basketball and head over there.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko