The Damage I Have Done to Myself by Mariah Burton Nelson

“…Thirty years after graduating from Stanford University, I look back on my experience as a star college basketball player and marvel: Why and how did I damage both knees so severely that it is now impossible to walk downstairs without limping? …”
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A Place of Opportunity by Joseph N. Cooper, Billy Hawkins

“…Participants in this study included current Black male student athletes who participated in football and men’s basketball at a HBU in the Southeastern U.S. Using aspects of the grounded theoretical approach for analysis (Glaser & Strauss, 1967), the following emergent themes were identified: “You Got a Chance,” “An Opportunity,” “Not Just a Number,” “It’s Hard, But It’s Not Impossible” and “As An Athlete It Makes Your Social Life a Little Easier.” …”
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Comparison of economic activity leading U.S. sports leagues by Strikalenko E.A.

“…. $ (82,85 %) in the National basketball Association were showed. This difference in the maximum income of the League and of average wages is due to several factors: the number of players in the team, the number of games in a season, and expenses on carrying out of competition and training activities.…”
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ULOGA PREDUZETNIŠTVA I SPORTSKOG MENADŽMENTA U RAZVOJU KLUPSKOG PROFESIONALNOG SPORTA by Ljubivoje Mladenović

“…All of these contributed faster development professional sport specially in North America and Europe in the most attractive sport area: football, basketball, tennis, athletic etc. That attracted lot of investitures and sponsors not just in order to make a profit but also in order with there personal media promotions. …”
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and ultra-endurance running - two incompatible entities? by Wilson Mathew G, Chandra Navin, Papadakis Michael, O'Hanlon Rory, Prasad Sanjay K, Sharma Sanjay

“…Most deaths have been reported in intermittent 'start-stop' sports such as football (soccer) and basketball. The theory is that individuals with HCM are unable to augment stroke volume sufficiently to meet the demands of endurance sports and are accordingly 'selected-out' of participation in such events. …”
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Tibial tubercle fracture associated with distal rupture of the patellar tendon: case report by André Lourenço Pereira, Ângelo Ribeiro Vaz de Faria, Túlio Vinícius de Oliveira Campos, Marco Antônio Percope de Andrade, Guilherme Moreira de Abreu e Silva

“…The authors present a case of a 15-year-old basketball player who suffered an avulsion of the tibial tubercle associated with complete distal rupture of the patellar tendon while training. …”
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The Effects Of Different Environmental Conditions (Cold, Heat and Altitude) On Soccer Players' Performance And Health by Cem Sinan ASLAN, Ender EYUBOĞLU

“…In addition, they may be described as "in-door" and "out-door", as well. While basketball, handball, volleyball are classified as "in-door" sports; cross country, mountaineering, skiing are classified as "out-door" sports. …”
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International Student-Athletes in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) by Karen Danylchuk, Dan Grbac

“…In addition, the sports with the highest number of international student-athletes were basketball and soccer. Semistructured interviews with 16 international student-athletes from the four regional associations determined that the majority of participants were motivated to attend a Canadian university for the opportunity to combine athletics with academics. …”
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We Will Not Shut Up and Dribble: LeBron James and the Tripartite Human Being by Jeffrey Scholes

“…On 15 February 2018, Fox News host Laura Ingraham ended her broadcast by responding to sharply critical comments that basketball stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant made about President Trump on the issue of race. …”
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PERSONALITY TRAINER CHARACTERISTICS AS JOB SATISFACTION PREDICTORS by Ivanović Miroljub, Ivanović Uglješa

“…The examinees sample consistedof 126 football, basketball, volleyball and handball trainers in permanent employment onthe territory of Belgrade. …”
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Design of the comfort fit medical neck cast by using shape memory material by Po, Wei Jian

“…Nowadays, it happens more frequently because so many kids enjoy playing intense sports like basketball, soccer, etc. The project's goal is to design and create a neck cast using shape memory polymers (SMPs), such as polycaprolactone (PCL). …”
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ESTUDIO DEL PENSAMIENTO DE LOS ENTRENADORES SOBRE EL PROCESO DE DETECCIÓN DE TALENTOS EN BALONCESTO by A. Lorenzo

“…<br />KEY WORDS: Talent, detection, coaches, basketball.</p>…”
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A novel lower extremity non-contact injury risk prediction model based on multimodal fusion and interpretable machine learning by Yuanqi Huang, Yuanqi Huang, Shengqi Huang, Yukun Wang, Yurong Li, Yuheng Gui, Caihua Huang

“…This study retrospectively analysed the routine monitoring data of sixteen young female basketball players. These data included training load, perceived well-being status, physiological response, physical performance and lower extremity non-contact injury registration. …”
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Modeling the Angle-Specific Isokinetic Hamstring to Quadriceps Ratio Using Multilevel Generalized Additive Models by Lucas A. Sousa, André L. A. Soares, Ahlan B. Lima, Roberto R. Paes, Luiz R. Nakamura, Humberto M. Carvalho

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> Thirty healthy male basketball players aged 15.0 (1.4) years (average stature = 180.0 cm, <i>SD</i> = 11.1 cm; average body mass = 71.2, <i>SD</i> = 14.9 kg) years were considered. …”
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Knee pain in young sports players aged 6–15 years: a cross-sectional study in Japan by Jun Iwatsu, Yutaka Yabe, Takuya Sekiguchi, Haruki Momma, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Kenji Kanazawa, Shinichirou Yoshida, Yasuhito Sogi, Ryoichi Nagatomi, Yoshihiro Hagiwara

“…In addition, hand ball, mini-basketball (odds ratio 1.85; 95% CI 1.38–2.47), and basketball (odds ratio 1.66; 95% CI 1.23–2.26) were significantly associated with knee pain, compared with football. …”
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Analysis of Daily Activity Pattern to Estimate the Physical Activity Level and Energy Expenditure of Elite and Non-Elite Athletes by Ekta Kapri, Subrata Dey, Manju Mehta, Nilima Deshpande, Erika Zemková

“…The research included 53 female athletes (43.39% elite and 56.61% non-elite), and 47 male athletes (40.42% elite and 59.57% non-elite) who competed in athletics, basketball, badminton, cricket, hockey, kabaddi, volleyball, and wrestling. …”
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Anterior avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity in adolescents - Two case reports by Aleilimar Teixeira da Silva Júnior, Leonardo Jorge da Silva, Ulbiramar Correia da Silva Filho, Edmundo Medeiros Teixeira, Helder Rocha Silva Araújo, Frederico Barra de Moraes

“…Case 2 was a 16-year-old basketball player who presented sudden pain in the right knee and functional incapacity, after a jump. …”
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Maximizing tangential frictional forces effects in bidimensional collisions: a study of the tangent restitution coefficient through a video analysis approach by A.G. Rocha, R.S. Dutra, L.C. Ribeiro

“…In this work we used the video analysis technique to investigate the contribution of the friction forces to the dynamic of a series of oblique collisions of a basketball against the floor’s surface. This contribution was evaluated through the tangent restitution coefficients associated to these collisions, which, in general, presented values distinct from the unit, proving, thus, its importance. …”
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Predicting the Outcome of NBA Playoffs Based on the Maximum Entropy Principle by Ge Cheng, Zhenyu Zhang, Moses Ntanda Kyebambe, Nasser Kimbugwe

“…Predicting the outcome of National Basketball Association (NBA) matches poses a challenging problem of interest to the research community as well as the general public. …”
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End‐to‐end motion segmentation and recognition with high accuracy using wearable devices by Zhou Bingtao, Cheng Yuyang, Xiang Mian

“…The authors propose an end‐to‐end motion recognition–segmentation method in basketball. First, data are collected using an arm guard with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) module. …”
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