basketball

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When basketball legend Kobe Bryant visited the old training ground, Neymar and Mbappe wanted to break with the schedule prepared by then head coach Unai Emery.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

There were more than 323 million visits to America’s national parks in 2025, dwarfing attendance — 135 million — at professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey games combined.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

NIL earnings for some of the top players in college sports — mainly from revenue-driving sports like football and men’s basketball — have skyrocketed.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Mostly it felt like a wasted opportunity: A once-beloved team, in a basketball mecca, sinking its future and alienating its fan base with contentious leadership, murky vision and somnambulant play.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

If this day weren’t terrible enough already, I can’t stop thinking about how the first basketball game of the McNulty season is this afternoon.

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