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Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...
Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams. [2] It is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players' Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball. [3] [4] The film was distributed online through go90. [5]
Today basketball is played by more than 300 million people worldwide, making it one of the most popular team sports. [2] In North America, basketball has produced some of the most-admired athletes of the 20th century. ESPN and the Associated Press both conducted polls to name the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century.
Victor Wembanyama's on-court warmup session before games when he played in France would last for about an hour. It consisted of plenty of stretching, lots of passing and dribbling drills, then a ...
Midnight basketball – a basketball initiative to curb inner-city crime in the United States and elsewhere by keeping urban youth off the streets and engaging them with sports alternatives to drugs and crime. Mini basketball – played by underage children. Maxi Basketball – played by more elderly individuals.
Celebrate this Nov. 20 with inspiring and silly quotes about children.
Donald Argee Barksdale (March 31, 1923 – March 8, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. He was a pioneer as an African-American basketball player, becoming the first to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a United States men's Olympic basketball team, and the first to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.
Sending your kids back to school can stir up a mix of emotions. While there's often a bit of end-of-summer gloom, it doesn’t have to be all doom! Despite what the little ones may think, picking ...