basketball

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In years past, NBA stars like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant helped prop up Nike’s image as a premium basketball brand.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

“Basketball was a vehicle for being able to do that. It’s unclear whether Nike can use basketball in the same way today.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

With help from a basketball scholarship, he majored in biology at Seattle University, a Roman Catholic school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

What if the man with perhaps the prettiest/deadliest jump shot in the history of basketball had come up during the three-point era?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Michael didn’t really play basketball, but there was a secret part of him that suspected he might be good at it.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly