basketball
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While UCLA’s home football attendance was an obvious sore point, the average turnout at Pauley Pavilion for men’s basketball games was not much better.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A member of the South Korea basketball team posted a video of a leaking pipe and soaked floor in his room, with the caption: "Please help me."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Once the most enthusiastic guy in basketball, Steve Ballmer will sit it out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
NBA star Jalen Brunson made a cameo, a nod to Hargitay's love of the New York Knicks basketball team.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Elijah tossed the basketball lightly in the air, caught it, then said, “Hey, nice Jordans!”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“Footballs everywhere, cleats everywhere, basketballs, jerseys,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
When viewed under a scanning electron microscope, the powder resembles tiny basketballs with billions of holes, said study leader Zihui Zhou, a materials chemist who is working on his PhD at UC Berkeley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
She was taking these steps, making declarations, trying to rebuild herself just as she was remaking the house with the hornet’s nests the size of basketballs.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
