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Basketball
Basketball is a ball game (similar to netball or handball) played between two teams of five players with the aim of each team shooting a basketball at each other’s hoop to score more points than the opponent.
The most popular basketball league is the National Basketball Association (NBA). College and high school basketball is also very popular in the US and Canada and, outside of North America, basketball is very popular in countries such as Spain, the UK, Australia, France, Greece, Italy, and Argentina.
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Detroit Pistons's tribute to J Dilla's 50th birthday
Like Dilla said, he was ‘from the D, y’all’
The Conversation on a lack of majority black-owned basketball franchises
How a basketball team in Harlem paved the way but no one is left to walk it.
TIL: Matthew Perry appeared as a secret character in 'NBA Hangtime'
Could I BE any more on fire?
A compilation of incredible ankle breakers and crossovers
Call an ambulance, call an ambulance!
British basketball in ‘untenable’ position due to lack of funding, warns federation: In an open letter seen by the Guardian, [Chris] Grant [chairman of GB Basketball] also questions why basketball receives so little funding compared to sports such as sailing when it is the second most played team sport in the UK after football, with 1.3 million regular participants – 47% of whom are from backgrounds other than white British – and has a women’s team that has broken into the world’s top 20.
The Pudding has created CRUTCH (Championship Revisions Utilizing Top Competitor Health), a new metric for asterisking NBA champions, where injured and inactive opponents from each round add to the asterisk tally.
10× NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony announced his retirement on social media this week after a 19-season career.
The Pudding on unexpected NBA performances
Bart Kofoed
Lebron James is now the greatest scoring NBA player of all time
38,390 and counting!
GQ on The Dream Team from Barcelona 92
‘Legends at every position on the floor.’
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Sporting terms named after people
Forget the trophies and the medals – having a move named after you is the highest accolade in sport.
Renee Montgomery on Ora Washington, a forgotten hero of tennis and basketball
‘It’s the struggle to be one that counts. Once you’ve arrived, everybody wants to take it away from you.’
Chartball: a place for sports data nerds to enjoy some data viz
Everyone loves a sports poster, right?
What if you swapped the hair of some NBA legends?
Insert “cut above the rest” joke here.