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Ji-man Choi(Korean: 최지만; Hanja: 崔志萬; Korean pronunciation:[tɕʰwe̞.dʑi.man]; born May 19, 1991) is a South Korean professional baseballdesignated hitterand first basemanwho is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball(MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays ...
Basketball positions. Basketball positions with the numbers as they are known: 1–Point guard. 2–Shooting guard. 3–Small forward. 4–Power forward. 5–Center. In basketball, there are five players on court per team, each assigned to positions. Historically, these players have been assigned to positions defined by the role they play on ...
The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001 . The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early, a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one ...
The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament 's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament.
The Philippines men's national basketball team ( Filipino: Pambansang koponan ng basketbol ng Pilipinas ), commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or simply SBP). The team won a bronze medal in the ...
The men's national basketball teamof the United Stateswon the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympicsin Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Famehead coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III,[2][3]the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original "Dream Team ...
Hachimura with Meisei High School in 2016. Hachimura was born in Toyama Prefecture in Japan to a Japanese mother, Makiko (麻紀子) and a Beninese father, Zakari Jabil. His given name, Rui (塁), means "base" or "fortress" in Japanese; the name was given to him by his grandfather because he was a big fan of baseball (the character 塁 is also used for "base" in context of baseball).
v. t. e. Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the thirteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It included the sport of basketball 's men's and women's competitions of the 1992 Summer Olympics. The games were played at the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona. 12 men's teams and 8 women's teams ...