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  2. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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    The Original Celtics, for instance, are considered the "fathers of basketball" [21] and were presented as "World’s Basketball Champions"; [21] the players had to sign a contract to play with them, and Jim Furey organized matches as a circus, moving daily from town to town. The Celtics became the strongest team, and their successes lasted from ...

  3. Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Twitter, officially known as X since July 2023, is a social networking service.It is one of the world's largest social media websites and one of the most-visited websites. [3] [4] Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in short posts commonly known as "tweets" and like or retweet (officially "repost") other users' content. [5]

  4. 2004 United States men's Olympic basketball team - Wikipedia

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    The team's loss to Puerto Rico was just the third in U.S. Olympic men's basketball history. ... This page was last edited on 11 August 2024, at 14:01 (UTC).

  5. Tiger quoll - Wikipedia

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    The tiger quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, which includes most carnivorous marsupial mammals. This quoll was first described in 1792 by Robert Kerr, the Scottish writer and naturalist, who placed it in the genus Didelphis, which includes several species of American opossum.

  6. Auburn Tigers - Wikipedia

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    The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

  7. Papilio glaucus - Wikipedia

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    Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, [ 3 ] ranging north to southern Ontario , Canada, [ 4 ] and is common in many different habitats.

  8. Truman the Tiger - Wikipedia

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    Truman the Tiger is the official mascot of the athletic teams of the University of Missouri Tigers. [1] Truman is named after U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who was from the U.S. state of Missouri. The mascot was named on September 12, 1986, though the use of a Bengal tiger as Missouri's mascot is traced to the 1890s. Truman has been awarded ...

  9. Auburn Tigers men's basketball - Wikipedia

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    The Auburn Tigers men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball team that represents Auburn University. The school competes in the Southeastern Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).