
As Native Americans fight virus, basketball takes a timeout
JOHN MARSHALL
AP Sports Writer
PHOENIX (AP) — Basketball is woven into the fabric of Native American life.
Kids dribble balls on dirt courts and shoot at makeshift rims on some reservations while tournaments are held in state-of-the art buildings on others. Players and fans may travel hundreds of miles to play and watch games of "Rez ball," the fast-paced, no-shot-is-a-bad-one version of hoops played by Native Americans. The game also brings already tight communities even closer.
Now, during the pandemic, the balls have all but stopped bouncing.
Already hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, Native Americans are faced with life without basketball -- or any other sport -- for the foreseeable future.
"If anyone knows Native Americans, we love our sports and having to pause sports act
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