Young recalled watching King play basketball on courts around Atlanta in the early days of the civil rights movement.

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This effort began last fall when I met the mayor at a Saturday morning basketball game at Christ the King High School on the West Side.

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Jake Finkbonner was only 5 when he became infected by the bacterium after falling down while playing basketball, CNN affiliate King 5 News in Seattle reported.

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Ambassador Andrew Young said Thursday that civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was a pretty good basketball player.

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"I'm disappointed, but undeterred in our quest to bring NBA basketball back to the Pacific Northwest, " said King County Executive Dow Constantine.

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