Hoops is hot in China—just witness the Nike-clad kids on the Beijing blacktops, showing off their crossover dribble.

只需看看那些在北京室外球场上穿着耐克、炫耀着交叉步运球的孩子们，就会发现篮球在中国如此火热。

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Hoops is hot in China ― just witness the Nike-clad kids on the Beijing blacktops, showing off their crossover dribble ― largely because of him.

只需看看那些在北京室外球场上穿着耐克、玩着交叉步运球的孩子们， （就会发现）篮球在中国如此火热，而这些几乎都可以归功于姚明。

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Barry spent in his days at the Punahou School in Hawaii studying, shooting hoops and goofing off with his friends.

巴里（奥巴马高中时代的昵称）在夏威夷普纳荷中学读书时，经常和朋友们一起习、投篮、混日子。

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Lots more over at NPR, Grist, and at Crosscut.com where the bureaucratic hoops involved with getting the project off the ground are detailed.

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Like Hula Hoops and Razor scooters, fads take off like a rocket, peak and fizzle quickly as they pass through large populations.

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Baylor's women's basketball team pulled it off last season with a 40-0 campaign, while Connecticut's women's hoops team has done it four times.

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