"... Turquoise was chosen because the greenish-blue stone is indigenous to Arizona, copper because Arizona is one the nation's top copper-producing states and purple because it has become a favorite color for Arizona sports fans, thanks to the success of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns.

Basketball is a team sport, the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules.

Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.

See, e. g., Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States, ( giving federal courts the authority to fashion common law rules with respect to issues of federal power, in this case negotiable instruments backed by the federal government ); see also International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U. S. 215 ( 1918 ) ( creating a cause of action for misappropriation of " hot news " that lacks any statutory grounding, but that is one of the handful of federal common law actions that survives today ); National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F. 3d 841, 843-44, 853 ( 2d Cir.

* 1940 – Basketball is televised for the first time ( Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden ).

Basketball is organised by Tolka Rovers.

The Indiana Fever is a professional women's basketball team that plays in the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ).

* Iran Basketball Federation ( IBF ) is a basketball league in Iran

* 1946 – The National Basketball Association is created, with eleven original teams.

* In the video game NBA 2K12, " Basketball " is used in the opening video and is also part of the game's soundtrack.

Basketball is also fairly a big sport in the city, including the clubs Malbas and SF Srbija among others.

Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as " the voice of basketball.

The National Basketball Association ( NBA ) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America.

It is an active member of USA Basketball ( USAB ), which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International Basketball Federation ) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.

* 1967 – The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.

A contributor to the growth of sneaker collecting is the continued worldwide popularity of the Air Jordan line of sneakers designed by Nike for Basketball star Michael Jordan.

They ultimately changed the lyrics from " The ball is kicked " to " The ball is tipped ", and the song is now played at the end of the network's NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship coverage.

Basketball is also played but mainly in the army and schools.

In 2005, more renovations were done to Elkton Middle School, such as changing the old band room into an addition to the cafeteria, building a new computer lab, and adding another gym separate from the main for public use, such as the Elkton Recreation League Basketball teams.

Basketball player Bill Russell lived in Reading in the 1960s next to a gas station on Main Street, but later moved to another part of town.

* On June 6, another major professional league is formed, the Basketball Association of America.

It started again in 1969 and continued until 1982, then abandoned the market for another decade, missing out on printing the prized rookie cards of Michael Jordan and other mid-and late-1980s National Basketball Association stars.

In another South Korean major professional spoprts such as Korea Professional Baseball, Korean Basketball League, V-League, relocation were common.

* On August 18, 2011, another Chinese team, the Bayi Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association, was involved in a major scuffle with the touring Georgetown University men's team.

Other outstanding individual players on these squads were another " big man ", Joe Lapchick ; John Beckman, called the " Babe Ruth of Basketball "; George " Horse " Haggerty ; and speedy Davey Banks.

" Bracket-style " is similar to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, in which shooters are paired against one another, with the round winner advancing to the next level, until an overall match winner is determined.

He went back to the ABL and was again the league's scoring leader, returned to the Celtics for another season, then settled down for a while with the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons of the National Basketball League in 1941.

The NBA Draft Lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) in which the teams who had missed the playoffs in the previous season, or teams who hold the draft rights of another team that missed the playoffs in the previous season, participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA Draft.

It does not relate to the original Women's American Basketball Association, another league which existed for one whole season in 2002.

They capped off a five-year run as NCAA champions by way of another clean sweep, the third in NCAA Seniors Basketball history, with an overall record of 13-0.

Schectman remained with the Sphas until 1946 ( they won another championship in 1944 – 45 ), and then joined a new league called the Basketball Association of America ( predecessor of the NBA ).

In the National Basketball Association, a sign-and-trade agreement is a type of contract allowed in the collective bargaining agreement ( CBA ) wherein one team signs an unrestricted free agent to a contract and trades him to another team of the player's choosing.

Basketball is popular in Calais with the teams Calais Basket ( male ) and COB Calais ( female ) as is volleyball with the Lis Calais ( male ) and Stella Calais ( female ) teams.

Basketball became popular before a gymnasium was built, and passing became important as dribbling was difficult on makeshift courts and on snow.

Basketball and baseball are the most popular youth and high school sports in Westport, but many sports are offered at Westport High School.

Sports are fairly popular in Hawley, with the team name being the Golden Nuggets for Football, Basketball, Wrestling, Baseball, Volleyball, Softball, Golf, and Dance.

Basketball tends to be the most popular sport in Advance.

Basketball for these high schools is also popular.

Basketball became especially popular with the success in the late 20th and early 21st centuries of KK Budućnost Podgorica, both in Yugoslav and European competitions.

Basketball, swimming, weightlifting, bodybuilding, boxing, kickboxing, and tennis are also popular sports.

Travelers are drawn to the Pioneer Valley by its lively college towns, such as Northampton and Amherst ; the resurgent city of Springfield ; its unspoiled nature, numerous parks, and recreational facilities, including New England's largest and most popular amusement park, Six Flags New England in Agawam ; its cultural and historical sites, such as the Emily Dickinson House in Amherst, the United States Armory at Springfield National Park, and the Basketball Hall of Fame on Springfield's riverfront.

The most popular sport in the city, besides Basketball, Handball and Volleyball, is definitely Football.

Basketball has long been the most popular sport at the college.

Ten's most popular recurring sporting events include the National Basketball League ( NBL ), ANZ Championship, Commonwealth Games, Formula One, Moto GP, and the National Football League formerly Australian Football League.

Basketball is the second most popular sport ; a number of basketball players play in the U. S. National Basketball Association and European leagues including Manu Ginóbili, Andrés Nocioni, Carlos Delfino, Luis Scola, and Fabricio Oberto.

Basketball is also popular.

Basketball is the most popular and successful team sport in Lithuania.

Basketball is one of Poland's most popular sports.

Before the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League came to Buffalo, college basketball was Memorial Auditorium's most popular sporting event.

Basketball, soccer, volleyball and hockey are the most popular activities.

Basketball is also a popular pastime.

Her nicknames include " Betty Basketball ," " Betty Big Buckets ," and her most popular nickname " B-Money.

Currently, the most prominent example of a boss key is CBS Sports ' " boss button ," which is available in the window of their popular streaming coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

By the end of the same 1999 year was selected as ' The Best Russian Basketball Player of 20th century ' voted by the most popular Russian newspaper ' Sport-Express ' readers.