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The Brooklyn Nets are a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team is one of two NBA franchises playing in New York City, along with the New York... Knicks. An original member of the American Basketball Association , the Nets were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans. In its early years, the team led a nomadic existence, moving to Long Island in 1968 and playing in various arenas as the New York Nets. It won two ABA championships in New York before becoming one of four ABA teams to be admitted into the NBA as part of the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. After moving back to New Jersey in 1977 and becoming the New Jersey Nets, the team has seen periods of losing and misfortune intermittent with several periods of success, which culminated in two consecutive NBA Finals appearances in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons. The franchise has since fallen back to less successful ways, playing to five consecutive losing seasons since 2007.
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The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1831, it is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System, as well the senior and the largest in terms of enrollment among all of the state's universities. It is... known as The Capstone, a nickname that stems from a 1913 speech by then-president George H. Denny, who extolled the university as the "capstone of the public school system in the state." UA offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, Education Specialist, and doctoral degrees. The only publicly-supported law school in Alabama is at UA. Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology, library and information studies, metallurgical engineering, music, Romance languages, and social work. As one of the first public universities established in early 19th century southwestern frontier of the US, UA left a vast cultural imprint on the state, region and nation as a whole for the past two centuries. The school was a center of activity during the American Civil War and the Civil Rights movement.
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Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 12,616. Nicknames for Sylacauga include: "The Marble City," "Buzzard's Roost", “Alabama’s Best-Kept Secret” and "Sly Town". Beneath the city of Sylacauga lies the finest white... marble in the world. It was discovered shortly after settlers moved in to the area and has been quarried ever since. Thus, the marble industry is the first recorded industry in the Sylacauga area. Sylacauga is the site of the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person. On November 30, 1954, a 4 kg piece of what became known as the Hodges Meteorite crashed through the roof of an Oak Grove house, bounced off a radio, and badly bruised Mrs. Ann Hodges, who was taking an afternoon nap. Sylacauga is currently on the 2010 list of "100 Best Communities for Young People" by America's Promise Alliance. As of the census of 2000, there were 12,616 people, 5,215 households, and 3,419 families residing in the town. The population density was 681.0 people per square mile . There were 5,748 housing units at an average density of 310.3 per square mile .
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