After fighting with a basketball player over their right to do so, they bought a horse farm at the base of Blue Hills and set about putting together their campus.

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Madrid's plans include hosting beach volleyball on a platform on a lake in Retiro Park and regenerating an old bull fighting ring to host basketball.

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Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Louisville are bolting for the Atlantic Coast Conference, as is Notre Dame basketball (Fighting Irish football is independent), and Rutgers is moving to the Big 10.

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Adidas is fighting an uphill battle in the U.S. in basketball.

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The Sacramento Kings have been fighting a facility war for over a decade to replace the archaic basketball arena that the team use to sellout regularly.

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"When you're coming back, fighting back from the lead, you need to pretty much play perfect basketball, " Gordon said.

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