Sentence examples for organizing basketball from inspiring English sources

In a telephone interview, Ms. Fawandu recalled that Mr. Green was one of the more visible figures during and after the riots, organizing basketball games, tree plantings and other activities for blacks and Jews.

Seth never played organized basketball, but some of Popeye's basketball DNA seems to have rubbed off.

Crystal Jones, a 5-3 reserve guard, never played organized basketball until she arrived at B.M.C.C. this season.

Goran, who had played organized basketball in Bosnia, was rediscovered by his new classmates on a nearby playground.

Her parents are the state directors of Youth Basketball of America, which organizes basketball tournaments for boys ages 8 to 17.

Stoudemire, who wanted to be a teacher before he started playing organized basketball at 14, spoke of making learning fun and teachers that rewarded students for achievement.

His father forbade Yogi, then in seventh grade, from playing organized basketball, something he had participated in almost his entire life.

He is now projected to be the No. 1 draft pick — and he's been playing organized basketball for all of two and a half years.

For decades, organized basketball has been wildly popular among Japanese-Americans in Southern California, where perhaps 14,000 adults and children play on hundreds of teams in weekend leagues.

Vin Baker has had two games and two practices with the Knicks, which is more organized basketball than he played in the previous eight weeks.

In 1992, Tom Sanders bought some reversible jerseys and founded the Homeschool Christian Youth Association Warriors in Houston so his 14-year-old son could play organized basketball with his friends.