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  • 61Goalpost — On the sporting field, goalposts are posts between which players must carry, kick or pass a ball or similar object in order to score points, or simply a goal. In many games, at each end of the field of play, there are two vertical posts (or… …

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  • 62McDonald's Classic — Infobox sports league sport =Basketball founded =1983 city =Erie, PA teams =4 champion =Rice, NY most champs =Rice, NY (4) The McDonald s Classic is a four team boys basketball tournament held every year in Erie, Pennsylvania that highlights some …

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  • 63Cowl (oast) — Cowls on a maltings at Ware, Herts. A Cowl is a device used on a kiln to keep the weather out of, and induce a flow of air through, the kiln. They are normally associated with oasts but can also be found on breweries (Letheringsett, Norfolk),… …

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  • 641946–47 Boston Celtics season — NBA season team = Boston Celtics end year = 1947 wins = 22 losses = 38 division = eastern division place = 5 coach = Honey Russell arena = Boston Arena Boston Garden playoffs = DNQ bbr team = BOS no prevseason = 1The 1946 47 Boston Celtics season …

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  • 65Burger King Classic — Not to be confused with McDonald s All American Game. For the LPGA Tour golf tournament, see McDonald s Championship (golf). Burger King Classic Sport High school basketball Founded Erie, Pennsylvania …

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  • 66basketball game — noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop • Syn: ↑basketball, ↑hoops • Members of this Topic: ↑ball hawking, ↑jumper, ↑jump shot, ↑jump ball, ↑ …

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  • 67free throw lane — noun a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard; players may not enter this lane during a free throw • Hypernyms: ↑lane • Part Holonyms: ↑basketball court * * * Basketball. the rectangular area,… …

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  • 68game equipment — noun equipment or apparatus used in playing a game • Hypernyms: ↑equipment • Hyponyms: ↑backboard, ↑basketball backboard, ↑ball, ↑bowling equipment, ↑counter, ↑crossbar, ↑ …

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  • 69hoops — noun a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop • Syn: ↑basketball, ↑basketball game • Members of this Topic: ↑ball hawking, ↑jumper, ↑jump shot, ↑jump… …

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  • 70Basket — Bas ket, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.] 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow. Dyer.… …

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