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2. Hoop rolling - Wikipedia

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   Hoop rolling, also called hoop trundling, is both a sport and a child's game in which a large hoop is rolled along the ground, generally by means of an object wielded by the player. The aim of the game is to keep the hoop upright for long periods of time, or to do various tricks . Hoop rolling has been documented since antiquity in Africa, Asia ...

3. 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 ...

4. Hoops (1986 video game) - Wikipedia

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   Hoops is a college basketball-themed 1986 video game published by Hoops for IBM PC compatible computers written by Jeff Sagarin and Wayne Winston, with additional coding done by Jeff Klopfenstein. Billy Packer , the CBS basketball analyst, also provided defensive rating statistics for the game.

5. Croquet - Wikipedia

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   World Games. No. Leon Wyczółkowski, A Game of Croquet (1892–1895), National Museum, Warsaw. Croquet ( UK: / ˈkroʊkeɪ, - ki / or US: / kroʊˈkeɪ /) is a sport [1] [2] that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.

6. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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   Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Within a few decades, the new game became popular throughout the United States as an indoor sport. The popularity spread overseas and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was organized in 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland .

7. Glossary of basketball terms - Wikipedia

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   Most important terms related to the basketball court. This glossary of basketball terms is a list of definitions of terms used in the game of basketball.Like any other major sport, basketball features its own extensive vocabulary of unique words and phrases used by players, coaches, sports journalists, commentators, and fans.