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

“So I think the whole season has prepared us to be in a position where we’re in the second round of the Western Conference and being in the mix with a great basketball team.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

A season-long team-up would be a basketball purist’s dream—even if it also seems about as strange as Magic Johnson slipping into Celtics green.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

“I’m trying out for the basketball team after school today.”

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