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Michael Mandelbaum

If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.

Michael Mandelbaum

Sports

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The author compares architecture to music, suggesting that both are artistic expressions in different forms. Similarly, he views football and basketball as physical displays of creativity, where teamwork brings imaginative ideas to life through coordinated play.

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