11.   His aides portrayed him as cheerful from the early hours on Friday, playing hearts, questioning his doctors and watching college basketball before his surgery.

12.   His big interests were watching basketball and playing football.

13.   I can watch basketball every day of my life.

14.   I told her that it was refreshing coming to the Garden in the summer to watch basketball.

15.   It seems odd in hindsight, but I actually enjoyed watching pro basketball while Jordan was away much more than I did when he was playing.

16.   Pitino spent many nights last season watching pro basketball.

17.   So she did not mind letting him stay up late to watch basketball on television.

18.   The reasons women watch basketball are complex, says Stephen McDaniel, a University of Maryland professor.

19.   The tiny sect of fans used to resort to kidnapping just to get people to watch basketball at the University of Connecticut.

20.   These experiences include watching basketball, growing oranges, tracking the oddities of science and flight, and floating down a river with leaders of the environmental movement.