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basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-] / ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /
NOUN
team sport
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This year’s parade theme is “The Magic in Teamwork,” and the grand marshal is basketball legend and entrepreneur Earvin “Magic” Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s also the first chance for high school basketball players who had to sit out the first half of the season after transferring to make their debuts.

From Los Angeles Times

He decides to direct his travels to Denver, where an old friend named Brian—they played college basketball together—wants to involve him in a lawsuit against the NBA.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ten months after the most mind-boggling trade in basketball history went down in the dead of night, only one thing is unsurprising.

From The Wall Street Journal

He also coaches his second-grade daughter’s basketball team and recently asked her teammates to name their favorite TV show.

From Los Angeles Times