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Ball Is Life: A Dispatch from the Denver Pickup Basketball Scene

by Paul Anderson

Mar 22, 2026
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Illustrations by Maggie Owen

Of those available, pickup basketball is not the best path to enlightenment. It’s not the best way to meet new people or make friends, as communication mostly happens in one or two-word commands and high-fives. It’s not the best way to get in shape, because you’re more likely to get hurt than play consistently enough to see s…

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