basketball
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Nanos spent Saturday afternoon watching the undefeated University of Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team pummel the Oklahoma State Cowboys, ignoring the stares and iPhones pointed his way from people in the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
With two gyms and two sports fields, the school would be capable of holding basketball or soccer tournaments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
A former community organizer, he used youthful slang and pop culture references with the same ease he played pick-up basketball games.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
The latest deal valued the Lakers at $10 billion, a record in professional basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She’s lying on her back on a bench, kicking her feet and holding a basketball that she found here in the office.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
I was in the gym, shooting basketballs every day, working on my game.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
"Some of the ones we have been to this year are as big as basketballs, or bigger."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
Through the windows, I see the dark outline of grape clusters of basketballs, stacks of pointed traffic cones, and a rack of hockey sticks.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
