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  2. Violence in sports - Wikipedia

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    Violence in sports usually refers to violent and often unnecessarily harmful intentional physical acts committed during, or motivated by, a sports game, often in relation to contact sports such as American football, ice hockey, rugby football, lacrosse, association football, boxing, mixed martial arts, wrestling, and water polo and, when referring to the players themselves, often involving ...

  3. Scary video shows 14-year-old basketball player being impaled ...

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    A 14-year-old girls basketball player from Wisconsin was impaled by a loose board during a basketball game, according to WISC in Madison. The incident occurred during a tournament being held at a ...

  4. List of violent spectator incidents in sports - Wikipedia

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    One fan was subsequently banned from attending NRL matches for life on video evidence, while Finch was ejected and suspended for three games. [112] Neil Horan. August 29 – During the men's marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, defrocked Irish-born priest Neil Horan burst out of the crowd to accost race leader Vanderlei de Lima.

  5. Illegal sports - Wikipedia

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    These high-speed races, usually with untrained drivers, can result in fatal crashes that have the capacity to inflict damage on innocent people not participating in the race. In 2006, California state highway patrol issued 697 citations for "speed contests". There is no official statistic kept on street racing deaths. [7]

  6. Basketball - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Former NBA player Kyle Singler sparks concern from basketball ...

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    Former NBA player and Duke basketball star Kyle Singler said he "fear[s] for his life every day" in an Instagram video he posted on Tuesday, sparking support from the basketball community.. In the ...

  8. HS basketball player arrested after allegedly punching ...

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    According to to police, 17-year-old Carlisle senior Carter Prenosil is suspected of punching Ty Dittmer, a player on the Nevada High School basketball team, in the head and stomach.

  9. Extreme sport - Wikipedia

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    Extreme sports may be perceived as extremely dangerous, conducive to fatalities, near-fatalities and other serious injuries. The perceived risk in an extreme sport has been considered a somewhat necessary part of its appeal, [ 25 ] which is partially a result of pressure for athletes to make more money and provide maximum entertainment.