1.   But Saturday, Dahlie lost to a countryman in a sport that Norwegians practice and follow the way Americans follow basketball.

2.   Dahlin also played team handball and basketball when he was a youngster, and he still follows world basketball when he can.

3.   He still follows basketball.

4.   If a last-minute impasse ends up killing the season, Lee says he will start following college basketball.

5.   I was just trying to block him out and follow the basketball.

6.   Others, like Serena Frissell of Milford, never followed basketball before this season.

7.   Probably there are more hockey people who follow basketball than there are basketball people who follow hockey.

8.   Overseas, Jordan has been compared to such American exports as Coca-Cola and Mickey Mouse, and is a huge star in places where basketball is barely even followed.