Sentence examples for local hoops from inspiring English sources

In countries that have a federal system of government you may find that there is another set of local hoops to go through before you can actually take up a job, even after you've passed through national immigration.

Back Porch of Texas, March 22-23, outlawsandlegends.com AUSTIN Hoopla The first weekend of the N.C.A.A. Division I men's basketball championship is prime time for major upsets, but local hoops fans will have to live vicariously through others this year because there are no Texas teams in the tournament, and that has not happened since 1977.

Shoot around at your local hoops ( or your own).

He once polarized local hoop fans, some of whom took a year or two to get over the loss of the rugged, old-school Oakley, and others who steadfastly believed in the unending promise of Camby's wingspan.

A special, turn-key trade agreement whittling down months of local hoop-jumping down to a one-page form would do wonders here.

That combined with the family traditions of the city game, the Brooklyn-born fathers whose suburban ease was still haunted by the 1951 gambling scandal that had roiled local college hoops (which were, then, far more popular with that generation than were the pros) and which were a part of dinnertime lore gave basketball some extra heat.

I read that Jeremy's father, Gie-Ming Lin, attended graduate school at Purdue and studied computer engineering but loved basketball and took his son to the local Y.M.C.A. to shoot hoops.

This doesn't even begin to describe the convoluted series of hoops that local Chinese companies that may want to use the service will need to jump through to actually use it.

This weird, gladiatorial spectacle now dwarfs other sports, making hoops your local hardware store and football your town's Wal-Mart.

They have hung out at mutual friends' barbecues, shot hoops at a local health club as recently as this summer, and — with Williams intrigued by public-policy issues and Obama a longtime White Sox fan — discussed each other's jobs far more than their own.

One day, when I was 10, my dad took us to shoot hoops at the local basketball court.