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A rim, also called a hoop, is a piece of basketball equipment in the form of a circular metal ring that supports the net. It hangs from the backboard. A professional rim has a diameter of 18 inches. [1] A slam dunk requires one to jump high enough to get his hand above or over the rim. [2] Today there are breakaway rims.
Dwight Howard bends down the rim as he dunks the ball.. A breakaway rim is a basketball rim that contains a hinge and a spring at the point where it attaches to the backboard so that it can bend downward when a player dunks a basketball, and then quickly snaps back into a horizontal position when the player releases it.
The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith. [1] The bottom was eventually cut out of the basket, and the basket was eventually replaced with the metal rim and net. [2] [3] [4] Today there are breakaway rims.
Brooks Sports, Inc., also known as Brooks Running, is an American sports equipment company that designs and markets high-performance men's and women's sneakers, clothing, and accessories. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Brooks products are available in 60 countries worldwide. It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. [2] [3] [4]
Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Centers is a chain of franchise and company-owned automotive service centers headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. As of March 2018 there were 175 locations in 20 states in the eastern United States.The company is owned by the Tuffy Associates Corporation until 2021 when Mavis Tire, Inc. purchased the franchise. [ 1 ]
Rim may refer to: Rim (basketball), the hoop through which the ball must pass Breakaway rim, a sprung basketball rim; Rim (coin), the raised edge which surrounds the coin design; Rim (crater), extending above the local surface; Rim (firearms), a projection machined into the bottom of a firearms cartridge; Rim, by Alexander Besher
In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, rigging or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.
The first two events at the new arena were a USF men's basketball game against Florida A&M and a concert by Alice Cooper. [ 7 ] In 2000, the original inflatable roof was replaced with a more conventional hard dome and additional facilities for USF indoor sports programs were added around the main arena at a cost of about $8 million (about $14.2 ...