Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
FILE - U.S. player James Brewer is checked after a hard fall during the team's men's basketball final against the Soviet Union at the Olympics in Munich, Sept. 10, 1972. Russia won 51-50. Members of the 1972 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team have talked about finally retrieving those silver medals they vowed to never accept and left behind in Germany. No, they still don't want them for themselves. They believe the medals belong in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, but the latest attempt to get them from the International Olympic Committee has been thwarted. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - In this March 11, 2019, file photo, Central Florida's Kayla Thigpen, left, and Connecticut's Christyn Williams reach for the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the American Athletic Conference women's tournament finals at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Final plans were announced Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, for 11 days of college basketball in November inside a modified bubble at the Mohegan Sun resort casino. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (23) passes the ball against Miami Heat's Kelly Olynyk (9) and Miami Heat's Tyler Herro (14) during the second half in Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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An exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in Springfield, Mass., shown Tuesday, June 23, 2020, features images of Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant. Bryant was among nine people, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, killed in a helicopter crash in January of 2020, in California. The museum is scheduled to reopen in the beginning of July 2020 after a renovation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Jul. 25, 2020 05:31 PM EDT
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Alex Pedro, front, a curatorial assistant at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, places a basketball shoe once belonging to Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant into an exhibit at the museum, in Springfield, Mass., Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The museum is scheduled to reopen in the beginning of July 2020 with a whole new look after a $22 million renovation. After delaying the unveiling because of the coronavirus pandemic, the building will reopen with new social distancing measures in place. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo, football fans toss footballs on the lawn outside the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The Pro Football Hall of Fame will reopen Wednesday, June 10, 2020, after nearly a three-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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By The Associated Press Jun. 11, 2020 05:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is seen in Springfield, Mass. As part of a $22 million, court-to-rafters renovation, the Basketball Hall of Fame installed enough new touch screens to tell the story of every person enshrined on its dome of honor. But before it could unveil the improvements, the coronavirus outbreak hit, turning "hands-on" into "hands-off." Now the basketball shrine and other sports Halls of Fame have been forced to backtrack from a longtime trend in all museums toward interactives that have become taboo in a pandemic era. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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By Jimmy Golen Jun. 11, 2020 05:03 PM EDT

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, a car passes The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The Hall of Fame was gearing up for a great year: not just the certain election of NBA superstars like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, but also a chance to unveil a completely renovated museum. Because of the coronavirus outbreak, the reopening has been pushed back two months to July 1 and the induction ceremony is being postponed, either to October or the spring. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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