Still, they insisted on trying almost everything: baseball, softball, tennis, cross-country, hurdles, diving, swimming, crew, basketball, lacrosse, soccer and probably 16 other sports I can't remember.
Iron-deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia are common conditions among girls and women in the USA, including those who compete in various sports, such as running, skiing, field hockey, crew, basketball, and softball [3, 8].
On the other side of the vast, milky windowpane sauntered a crew of basketball players, their shadows like a caravan passing along the horizon.
It was only when the tall man, shadowed by a small television crew, approached the basketball court at Brighton Playground in Brooklyn that someone took notice.
But they arrived in a black box designed to mimic Dom Pérignon's, and are polyester-blend Nike Elite basketball crew socks that were then custom printed by a 23-year-old entrepreneur in Florida to look like corks.
The ascent of sock from afterthought to accessory that some boys build their outfits around began with Nike's introduction of its Elite basketball crew socks to the United States Olympic men's basketball team in 2007 and to other teams in 2008, followed by sales of the socks to the public in 2009.
Rodman has traveled to Pyongyang along with three Harlem Globetrotters and a documentary film crew for some basketball exhibitions and, the film company hopes, an audience with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who is said to be a devoted basketball fan.
NYU students also compete in club and intramural sports, including badminton, baseball, basketball, crew, equestrianism, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby football, softball, squash, martial arts, tennis, triathlon, and ultimate.
To sell their new Hyper Elite Basketball Crew Sock, Nike enlisted Houston Rockets' James Harden and Los Angeles Sparks' Nneka Ogwumike as celebrity sports influencers to tout their benefits.
Sports have begun changing the culture at Sarah Lawrence, which does not belong to the N.C.A.A. Students on its eight teams -- four women's (swimming, tennis, volleyball, crew), three men's (basketball, tennis, crew) and the coed equestrian team -- are no longer embarrassed to wear Gryphon jackets, and many use the fitness facility.
The arcvillain in "Da Boom Crew" is the dastardly, basketball-star-tall Xorch (Walter Borden), who has green skin, red eyes and multiple horns.
