Basketball is his love, but Barack Obama is also a soccer fan

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant looks on during the second half of their NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 121-119...

ROOTS Growing up in Italy, I followed soccer religiously. I'd go to the park to play basketball, but there were mini goals under the baskets, so I'd end up playing soccer with the...

Erica Hosseini

...she discovered surfing. "I started when I was eleven. Pretty soon, I wasn't playing soccer or basketball -- they all fell by the wayside. I just loved the ocean too much." At fourteen, she became...

In addition to starring in soccer at Duke, Jay Heaps moonlighted on the basketball team

Most team handball players have basketball or soccer backgrounds

...baseball in South Africa. The sport isn't nearly as popular as soccer, cricket, rugby or even basketball -- but maybe it'll catch on now

Basketball is starting to rival soccer in the hearts and minds of fans in places like Instanbul