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U.S. CPSC
September 9, 2002 |
Portable Basketball Hoops Recalled by Huffy Sports Company The basketball hoops can have a sharp protruding bolt on the player's side of the pole that can cause serious leg or body lacerations to consumers. Basketball players can be cut when they collide with the pole as they drive toward the basket or when they fall or are pushed into the pole.   |
U.S. CPSC
March 29, 2004 |
Lifetime Products Inc. to Pay $800,000 Penalty for Failing to Report Hazard with Portable Basketball Hoops Lifetime Products learned of 23 reports of injuries that occurred when basketball players came in contact with a protruding bolt. |
U.S. CPSC
December 14, 2004 |
First Team Inc. Recall of Basketball Hoops The bolt attaching the arm to the vertical post can break, causing the backboard to fall and injure someone standing below. |
U.S. CPSC
August 4, 2009 |
Spalding In-Ground Basketball Hoops Recalled By Russell Brands Due to Impact Hazard The bolts at the base can fail, causing the unit to fall. This poses a risk of serious injury to consumers. |
U.S. CPSC
July 31, 2003 |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Kids Sling Chair Recall The small plastic bolt covers pose a choking hazard to small children. |
U.S. CPSC
August 20, 2009 |
Cloth Books Recalled by Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. Due to Strangulation Hazard A string attaching a ball to the book can become entangled in the basketball hoop element, posing a strangulation hazard to young children. |
U.S. CPSC
July 9, 2009 |
American Greetings Corp. Recalls Sport Balls Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard The surface coating on the basketball contains excessive levels of lead, in violation of the federal lead paint standard. |
U.S. CPSC
February 8, 2011 |
Escalade Sports Recalls Oasis Playsets Due to Fall Hazard The swing seats on the playsets can crack and break in half, causing the user to fall to the ground. |
U.S. CPSC
April 24, 2008 |
Basketball and Flower Tables Recalled by Avon Products Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard; Sold in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Surface paint on the tables contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. |
U.S. CPSC
May 27, 2010 |
Basketball-Shaped Chair and Ottoman Sets Recalled by Colleen Karis Designs Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard; Sold at HomeGoods Stores Surface paints on the lettering on both sides of the basketball chair could contain excessive levels of lead which is a violation of the federal lead paint standard. |
U.S. CPSC
November 19, 2004 |
Midwest and GE Recall of Meter Load Centers Some of these products were sold with loose internal bolt connections, which could result in excessive heat or fire. |
BusinessWeek
March 10, 2011
Tony Gervino |
One True Thing: The Rec League Sneaker Nike's KDIII low-tops can elevate your game on the basketball court. |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2000
Seth Davis |
Remembering a friend of the game Larry Donald was, first and foremost, an eminently decent man, but he was also a first-rate journalist who loved this sport like few others. As Basketball Times associate editor Dan Wetzel put it, "The cruelest thing about it is that it happened just as the season was starting"... |
AskMen.com
Jon Finkel |
Pickup Basketball Etiquette With the NCAA Basketball Championships tonight, we thought it'd be a good time to talk about pickup basketball. |
Salon.com
January 15, 2003
Allen Barra |
"My Losing Season" by Pat Conroy In the best basketball book to come out in years, the author of "The Great Santini" sings the praises of losing, losing and losing again |
Sports Central
November 18, 2010
Kevin Beane |
College Basketball Odds and Ends I'm just enthusiastic about life, and this is yet another one of those favorite-time-of-the-year periods: when college football and college basketball converge. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2010 |
March Madness: How IT Can Cope What's really at stake in terms of lost productivity, and ways a company can look at minimizing the damage - or even figuring out a way to embrace March Madness so that it doesn't suck up everyone else's bandwidth. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 21, 2012 |
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin is confounding every stereotype we have about modern day basketball stars. |
Sports Illustrated
February 21, 2001
Alexander Wolff |
Detente in Europe Marciulionis drives unification of pro leagues... |
