While the creator of the NES version would be restricted from making a competitive version of an NES game, the original arcade copyright holder was not precluded from licensing out rights for a home version of an arcade game to multiple systems.

While initiated in England, competitive men's badminton in Europe has traditionally been dominated by Denmark.

While duplicate is the primary form of higher levels of competitive bridge, it is also played socially.

While there, she attended a specialized and competitive class, lasting from 6: 00 AM to 6: 00 PM.

While it is mostly social dance, its ballroom form may be competitive dance, as in DanceSport.

While the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in Mexico, specializing in emerging talents, and is held each year during the last week of July in the two colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

While horses in the wild mate and foal in mid to late spring, in the case of horses domestically bred for competitive purposes, especially horse racing and various futurities, it is desirable that they be born as close to January 1 in the northern hemisphere or August 1 in the southern hemisphere as possible, so as to be at an advantage in size and maturity when competing against other horses in the same age group.

While transforming the country to a market-oriented economy during 1992 – 1997, the government privatized some banks, recapitalized the rest and introduced legal reforms that made the sector competitive.

While long-distance inland calls have been offered by calling cards, by the mid-2000s conventional carriers reduced their rates to be competitive ; however in many countries calling-card type indirect services can be much cheaper than normal calls.

While there are relatively few competitive Olympic weightlifters ( or more simply lifters ), the lifts and their components are commonly used by elite athletes in other sports to train for both explosive and functional strength.

While sailing groups organize the most active and popular competitive yachting, other boating events are also held world-wide: speed motor boat racing ; competitive canoeing, kayaking, and rowing ; and navigational contests ( generally a test of celestial and landmark-based navigation skills where GPS and other electronic navigation equipment is disallowed ) are among the events which are organized around the world.

While many PCL stars went on to play in the major leagues, teams in the league were often successful enough that they could offer competitive salaries to avoid being outbid for their stars ' services.

While the Hornets continued to put a competitive team on the court, the team's attendance fell dramatically, in large part because Shinn had become a pariah in the city.

While county-level politics tend to be competitive, Northumberland is a Republican county in most statewide elections.

While Republicans have controlled the commissioner majority most of the time and continue to control most county row offices, Democrats have become more competitive in Berks in recent years.

While pearl button production levels in Beulah would never have been competitive with the self-proclaimed " Pearl Button Capital of the World " at Muscatine, Iowa at the height of industry in that city in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Beulah shares in the rich heritage of this industry.

While not traditionally enjoying a reputation for competitive sport, King's has recently rebuked this generalisation.

While kyudo is primarily viewed as an avenue toward self-improvement, there are often kyudo competitions or tournaments whereby archers practice in a competitive style.

While awaiting the results of the required competitive examination, he learned that his interest in aeronautics had not been forgotten.

While not all ceremonial sports were competitive, some included an element of competition for the most beautiful movement, or for speed or strength.

While there are no reliable historical population estimates, population models suggest crabeater seal populations may have increased at rates up to 9 % a year in the 20th century, due to the removal of large baleen whales ( especially the blue whale ) during the period of industrial whaling and the subsequent explosion in krill biomass and removal of important competitive forces.

While the rationale for this exemption — that the pools were agents of their members, and that any income should therefore be taxed as personal income once disbursed, and not as corporate income pre-disbursal — was initially accepted, the UGG argued that the pools ' 1931 reorganization eliminated the differences between them and the UGG, and that the exemption thus put the UGG at a competitive disadvantage.

While Mercury had reached the minivan and SUV segments before a number of other foreign or domestic brands, by the time Mercury received a more competitive entry ( the Monterey, its version of the Ford Freestar ), the minivan segment was in decline.

While in high school, Rudolph was on the basketball team when she was spotted by Tennessee State track and field coach Ed Temple.

While attending Burt High School, Rudolph became a basketball star setting state records for scoring and leading her team to the state championship.

While at KU, Dole played for the basketball team, the track team, and the football team.

While not the first major women's professional basketball league in the United States ( a distinction held by the defunct WBL ), the WNBA is the only league to receive full backing of the NBA.

While attending a basketball game on November 29, 1964, at the Boston Garden, Ed Snider, the then vice-president of the Philadelphia Eagles, observed a crowd of Boston Bruins fans lining up to purchase tickets to see a last-place ice hockey team.

While in college, Griner became the seventh player to dunk during a women's college basketball game, and only the second woman to dunk twice in a single college game.

While Maravich would tell friends later in life he always desired to play basketball for West Virginia University and was all set to be a Mountaineer, his father was the varsity coach at LSU and his father offered the " Pistol " a spot at LSU.

While the University of Nebraska has experienced varying amounts of success for their intercollegiate athletic programs, men's basketball has been an exception.

While attending San Diego State, he played for the basketball team and was a member of the swimming team.

While in college she was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority and was a cheerleader for the Brooklyn College basketball team.

While asleep, he performs acts from his childhood such as playing basketball and marbles, then has nightmares.

While its tight seating configuration suits basketball very well, it made it difficult to fit a standard NHL rink onto the floor.

While attending Bellflower High School, Yary starred in football, baseball, and basketball.

While at Oxford, Bradley played one season of professional basketball in Europe, and eventually decided to join the New York Knicks in the 1967 – 68 season, after serving six months in the Air Force Reserve.

While at Ringgold, Montana played football, baseball, and basketball.

While serving as linebackers coach at Army, Parcells was also a part-time assistant basketball coach for Bob Knight during the 1966 – 67 season, which led to their longtime friendship.

While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.

While college basketball remained the TVS Television Network's signature series, they also expanded into tennis, college football bowl games, NASL pro soccer, tennis, and golf.

While playing basketball during his senior season, Nash averaged 21. 3 points, 11. 2 assists, and 9. 1 rebounds per game.

While there, he was a three-sport letterman in football, basketball and track.

While at Creighton, Gibson majored in sociology, and continued to experience success playing basketball.

While in high school and college, Cohen was a basketball player and was named to the Maine all-state high school and college basketball team, and at Bowdoin was inducted into the New England All-Star Hall of Fame.