basketball terms
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women’s sports
All competition levels at or above the college level are women’s sports, regardless of whether some competitors are younger than 18 years old: women’s basketball, women’s tennis, women’s swimming, women’s track and field It is not necessary to identify the gender if the sport is generally known to be played by only female athletes: field
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men’s sports
All competition levels at or above the college level are men’s sports, regardless of whether some competitors are younger than 18 years old: men’s basketball, men’s tennis, men’s swimming, men’s track and field It is not necessary to identify the gender if the sport is generally known to be played by only male athletes: baseball,
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boys’ sports
All competition levels at or below the high school level are boys’ sports, regardless of whether some competitors are 18 years old: boys’ basketball, boys’ tennis, boys’ swimming, boys’ track and field It is not necessary to identify the gender if the sport is generally known to be played by only male athletes: baseball, football
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girls’ sports
All competition levels at or below the high school level are girls’ sports, regardless of whether some competitors are 18 years old: girls’ basketball, girls’ tennis, girls’ swimming, girls’ track and field It is not necessary to identify the gender if the sport is generally known to be played by only female athletes: field hockey,
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Madison Square Garden
The home arena for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers located in Manhattan. No “the” when using the full name. On subsequent reference, the Garden is acceptable.
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NBA team nicknames
In general news and sports coverage, the full city and team name should be used on first reference in copy. However, in all headlines and on first reference in copy where the NBA context is obvious, only the full team name needs to be used: Suns tops Sonics in overtime thriller; The Timberwolves’ most exciting
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Philadelphia 76ers
On subsequent reference in copy, Sixers should be preferred.
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field goal (n.)
Two words. Hyphenate when used as an adjective directly before a noun: a field-goal attempt