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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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bas·ket·ball
/ ˈbaskitˌbôl/
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a game played between two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a ball through a netted hoop fixed above each end of the court.
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the inflated ball used in this game.
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Basketball without Borders Expands to Four Continents; Featuring Yao Ming, Manu Ginobili, Dirk Nowitzki, Andrei Kirilenko and Dikembe Mutombo.
Business Wire; 4/12/2005; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- Basketball without Borders, the league's premiere international basketball and community relations outreach program...time, it was announced today by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International...
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Basketball look on the rebound. (basketball shoes set trend in athletic shoe design and marketing)
Magazine article from: Footwear News; 7/22/1991; ; 700+ words
; Basketball look on the rebound CHICAGO - The basketball category has taken some knocks in the last few years as...dollars. Crosstraining played a large part in initiating basketball's redesign, according to many vendors. The multipurpose...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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THEY SPEAK BASKETBALL LITHUANIAN PLAYERS VISIT PURDUE CALUMET
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/8/1996; 583 words
; ...Thursday between visiting Lithuanian basketball players and their Purdue University Calumet...American men found common ground. "Basketball players have a way of communicating on the basketball floor even if they do not speak the same...
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adidas Basketball Continues to Inspire and Build on Team With 'Basketball Is a Brotherhood'.
PR Newswire; 10/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...s successful launch of the global basketball movement, "Believe in 5IVE" and the...evolution of this philosophy with "Basketball is a Brotherhood." (Photo: http...bin/prnh/20071026/AQF023) "Basketball is a Brotherhood" is the celebration...
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 "News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)")
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Youth Basketball
Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 5/29/2002; 700+ words
; The high school basketball stars of tomorrow will have a chance to hone...held: Antioch boys Antioch High varsity boys basketball coach Jeff Dresser is heading the Sequoit Summer Basketball Camp for boys who will enter school grades 4...
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Youth basketball signups
Newspaper article from: The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.; 7/19/2005; 700+ words
; ...909) 869-2829. CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO BASKETBALL CAMP: Dates are June 20-24, June 27-July...909) 793-0601 ext. 180. NOTHIN BUT NET BASKETBALL PROGRAMS SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMPS: Summer Basketball camps for boys and...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Basketball's appeal starts on those neighborhood driveways.(Sports Extra)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...when I was growing up. If you had a basketball hoop in your driveway, you were the...close together to encourage adding a basketball hoop. I also wasn't ready to start...Fortunately, he never said, "I'm playing basketball. What does it look like I'm doing...
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Women's Basketball Coaches Association.(Special Section)
Magazine article from: Coach and Athletic Director; 3/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...in 1981, the mission of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is to promote women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to...reputable identity for the sport of women's basketball and to foster and promote the development...
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College Basketball Rivals Collaborate on World Record to Benefit Kids.
PR Newswire; 1/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...FLAT(TM) Duke Carolina Student Basketball Marathon's 58 hour, 3 day event to benefit Hoop Dreams Basketball Academy for Children with Life Threatening...from the biggest rivalry in college basketball are putting their differences aside...
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Midnight Basketball Is a Success
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/21/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...40 million commitment to Midnight Basketball is symbolic of what's wrong with President...the Republicans hear about Midnight Basketball, they laugh. Very fortunately, their...Calif., headquarters of Midnight Basketball to ask for a chapter of their own...
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basketball
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
basketball game played generally indoors by two opposing teams of five players each. Basketball was conceived in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith...faster pacing and greater athleticism. Today basketball is one of the most popular American sports...
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Basketball
Book article from: American Eras
Basketball Sources Origins of the Game. In the...Springfield, Massachusetts, developed basketball to replace gymnastics and calisthenics...On 21 December 1891 he introduced basketball to his students, who had tired of their...
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Basketball: From NCAA Fast Times to NBA Fast Breaks
Book article from: American Decades
BASKETBALL: FROM NCAA FAST TIMES TO NBA FAST BREAKS...Popularity At the start of the 1950s Basketball was a local and regional spectator sport...gained favor throughout the world, basketball remained a game that, for sports fans...
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Basketball: The Pros
Book article from: American Decades
BASKETBALL: THE PROS Professional Basketball Expansion The National Basketball Association (NBA) began the decade with eight teams. By the end of the decade the league had expanded to seventeen teams, had a fat television contract, and had...
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The Detroit Pistons Basketball Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
The Detroit Pistons Basketball Company 2 Championship Drive The Palace of Auburn...711211 sports Teams and Clubs The Detroit Pistons Basketball Company is a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA), operating under an umbrella...
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