basketball

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“The home also includes a 500-square-foot laundry room. Outdoors, the estate offers an international competition-standard tennis court and a regulation-size basketball court.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Bates, who was player of the tournament at the 2013 World Cup in India, also represented New Zealand in basketball, including at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Those domains certainly could include baseball diamonds, basketball courts and gridirons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

“I feel that those sarcastic remarks are entirely uncalled for,” a self-professed “admirer of clean sports” wrote in a letter published in the Berkshire Eagle after a Lenox basketball game in 1925.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

We’re playing basketball today, so the gym is super loud and echoey.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell