Extractions: The Basketball reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference : snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org) Basketball Basketball is a ball sport played by two teams of five players on a side. It is highly suited to viewing by spectators as an indoor sport with a relatively small court with only ten players. The ball is large and easy to follow, and the lack of protective gear makes it possible to see the reactions of players. It is one of the most popular sports in the United States and is also reasonably popular in other parts of the world such as southern and south-eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union especially Lithuania Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 4 External links Basketball is that rare sport that was invented , largely from scratch and with rules close to its present ones, by one man. Dr. James Naismith , a Canadian , invented basketball in , at a college for YMCA professionals in Springfield, Massachusetts . The first official basketball game was played there on January 20 . Dr. Naismith wanted an indoor game of vigor and grace to keep young men occupied during the long New England winters. Basketball was popular from the beginning and, within a year, was being played all over the United States.
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Extractions: Registration for all summer camps begins on march 15 th please download a registration form or call 703-777-0343 for more information. forms can be mailed in or dropped off at a local community center or park. DOMINION GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP (Rising 4th-9th Grade) Join the Dominion staff and players for a weeks worth of basketball. We will teach basketball fundamentals, play full court games, and have various competitions daily. M ,Tu,W,Th,F LADY PANTHER BASKETBALL CAMP Including ball handling skills, rebounding, passing, defense and shooting techniques. Location: Potomac Falls HS (Rising 5 th th M ,Tu,W,Th (Rising 9 th th M ,Tu,W,Th GIANT BASKETBALL ACADEMY BOYS CAMP (Ages 6-16) Former Washington Wizards and New Jersey Nets player Gheorghe Muresan and his team of experienced coaches will teach the fundamentals of basketball for girls ages 6-14. A typical camp day will feature ball-handling, shooting, team play, 1-on-1 skills, rebounding, defensive position, team defense, agility drills, speed drills and competitions to further develop all-around players. At the end of the week
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Extractions: THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (1998) In the late 1600's, we're introduced to the court of Louis XIV (Leonardo DiCaprio), where the privileged party and the boy king indulges his taste for women while the people of France starve. Guarding the king is D'Artagnan (Gabriel Byrnne), the fourth Musketeer, who maintains his loyalty to the king even though he disapproves of the young man's rule. When Louis arranges to send the son of Musketeer Athos (John Malkovich) to the front of an unpopular war in order to seduce the young man's fiance, the three Musketeers, led by Aramis (Jeremy Irons), now a Jesuit priest, band together to free the man in the iron mask, Louis' identical twin brother Philippe, and place him on Louis' throne. LAURA: "The Man in the Iron Mask," directed by "Braveheart" screenwriter Randall Wallace, is assured big box office due to its hot young "Titanic" star. However, the screenplay is far inferior to the old Hallmark Hall of Fame TV adaptation starring Richard Chamberlain, and frankly, Leonardo DiCaprio isn't really up to the dual role - call him the spoiled brat king. I can't believe I'm saying this, but Brad Pitt would have been a better casting choice (as well as a better age for the role). There are pleasures to be found in this version, however, largely due to the aging Musketeers. Gabriel Byrnne is superb as the divided D'Artagnan, who holds a secret that's made all too obvious before it's revealed. He's an honorable, conflicted man, beloved by his troops and extremely experienced in swordplay (he flings a sword at a potential assassin in a way that recalls the speeding arrow shot of Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood"). Equally good is Jeremy Irons, underplaying a surprising amount of humor as the renegade Jesuit. Gerard Depeardeu is the most widely comical as the lusty Porthos, while John Malkovich gradually makes the role of Athos, the sensitive artist who's lost his son, his own after a shaky start. "La Femme Nikita's" Anne Parillaud creates a maternal but still sexy Queen Mother.
Extractions: This year's No. 1 NBA draft pick? Because height is to basketball what crude oil is to global diplomacy, Yao Ming will be one of the top three choices in the NBA draft this summer, perhaps No. 1 overall. I have come to accept this, even though as a producer of the Asian Basketball Show I saw Yao outplayed more times than I'd like to remember. I can still close my eyes and see him being dominated by Korean big-man Seo Jang Hoon, a player lifeless enough to earn the nickname "The Tin Man." I remember the Lebanese national team bullying around the Chinese Tower of Glower until the game ended in an ugly brawl (with one Chinese player wielding a pair of scissors). And I vividly recall the Sydney Olympics, where Yao made his reputation off two early rejections of overaggressive Dream Teamers, but then picked up four quick fouls and found himself on the bench. Look, Yao won't be a complete bust. On the big-man scale he still comes up north of Gheorghe Muresan. I also like him better than the player he's inevitably compared to, Shawn Bradley, if only because Yao is a better athlete and younger than the Mormon Mosquito when he came to the NBA. But he'll never approach Rik Smits' achievements, such as they were. He'll get some points and blocks simply by virtue of being longer than anyone else, but I must ask the essential question: Is that what you want of a top draft choice?
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Extractions: Home Meet the Coach Championship Basketball Playbook Basketball Coaching Tips ... Links Basketball Coaching - In Search of Excellence Coaching Basketball Excel as a Basketball Coach CoachLikeaPro.com is your online basketball coaching authority designed to give you the knowledge, training, and resources you will need to excel as a basketball coach. Basketball coaches young and old will enjoy our recommended basketball drills, game-winning basketball plays, proven basketball offenses and defenses, excellent weight training and conditioning programs, wise basketball coaching tips, and other great coaching resources. Take Your Basketball Program to the Next Level We will also take an in-depth look at our Championship Basketball Playbook that is designed for basketball coaches at all levels of play - youth basketball, AAU basketball, and high school basketball. This basketball playbook contains the complete offensive and defensive basketball system a coach will need to be successful at coaching basketball. The playbook gives clear and concise information on how to coach and instruct your basketball players in all phases of the game - transition offense, motion offense, flex offense, zone offense, basketball plays, full-court press defenses, zone defenses, junk defenses, and man-to-man defense. Simply put, this basketball playbook will give you the complete system you will need to take your basketball program to the next level.
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Extractions: HOOPS ANALYST Gheorghe Muresan Today by Harlan Schreiber (7/3/03) With Pavel Podkolzine being all people will talk about until next years draft, it got me wondering what happened to the original giant, Gheorghe Muresan. Like Podkolzine, Muresan was a mystery from behind the former Iron Curtain that teams initially knew little about. Big Gheorghe was born in Triteni, Romania and grew to be 77. The growth was atypical considering that both of Muresans parents were less than six feet tall. Muresan did not play basketball from a young age but rather he took it up when it was obvious that he was as big as pretty much anyone on the planet. He played for a couple of years at Cluj University in Romania before going pro. At age 22, Muresan signed on professionally with Pau Orthez in France for the 1992-93 season. He was an instant success in France, averaging 18.7 ppg and 10.3 rpg and leading the league in blocked shots. At this point, Muresan piqued the interests of NBA scouts. They did not know quite what to make of Muresan but they figured he was worth bringing to the NBA to see what he could do. The Bullets were curious and in 1993, they drafted Muresan with a second round pick. Muresans first year in Washington was encouraging. He averaged 5.6 ppg and 3.6 rpg and, more importantly, he altered the complexion of the game when he came in. Even good centers like Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning had to adjust to Muresans massive frame by taking outside jumpers and staying away from the paint. Muresan continued to improve over the next three years. He averaged double figures all three years and he peaked in 1995-96 at 14.5 ppg and 9.6 rpg and also winning the Most Improved Player Award.
Extractions: FACTS: Gheorghe and Manute Bol , both at 7 foot 7 inches, are the tallest players ever to play in the NBA. Gheorghe did not get his height from his parents. His father is 5'9" and his mother 5'7". A pituitary gland condition caused his unusual growth. Muresan started playing basketball at the age of 14. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of his heroes. He wears a size 19 shoe. Gheorghe and his wife Liliana became the proud parents of George, their first child, on April 23rd, 1998 . Gheorghe resides with his wife Liliana, his son George and their Great Dane "Lucky". From fingertip to fingertip, his wingspan measures 7'10". He played in France in 1992-93 before joining the NBA.
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