31.   At the time, he also refereed high school basketball games, a pressure-filled experience thanks to coaches and fans.

32.   Basketball games, tag-team matches or Thomas Hearns are not the answer.

33.   Basketball games are once again played inside metal cages.

34.   Basketball games are not decided by light-hitting shortstops.

35.   Before Buck Showalter became manager of the Yankees, he officiated at college basketball games during the off season.

36.   Before the game, Carr and general manager Jan Volk were watching a college basketball game on ESPN.

37.   Benny Silman did the expected Wednesday and pleaded innocent to charges that he fixed Arizona State University basketball games.

38.   Berkow, a sportswriter for The New York Times, turns out to be a Damon Runyonesque competitor in pickup basketball games.

39.   Believe it or not, this was the first professional basketball game I ever attended.

40.   Bell at a Dayton Christian basketball game in Dayton, Ohio.