{"id":227760,"date":"2025-10-16T00:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227760\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T00:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T00:32:08","slug":"dothan-launches-first-jr-nba-and-jr-wnba-youth-basketball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/227760\/","title":{"rendered":"Dothan Launches First Jr. NBA and Jr. WNBA Youth Basketball League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DOTHAN, Ala. \u2014 Youth basketball in Dothan is getting a major upgrade this fall with the launch of the city\u2019s first-ever Jr. NBA and Jr. WNBA Youth Basketball League \u2014 a nationally recognized program backed by the NBA and WNBA.<\/p>\n<p>The new league is designed to help young athletes develop their basketball skills while emphasizing confidence, teamwork, and sportsmanship in a fun and engaging setting. For the first time, girls will compete in their own dedicated league, a major step toward expanding opportunities for young female players in the Wiregrass area.<\/p>\n<p>The program is open to boys and girls ages 7 through 18. Registration is $40, which includes an official reversible Jr. NBA or Jr. WNBA jersey for players in the 8U to 14U divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is open now through Sunday, Oct. 19, and space is limited.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To secure a spot, visit <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/Ktu5A\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/Ktu5A<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DOTHAN, Ala. \u2014 Youth basketball in Dothan is getting a major upgrade this fall with the launch of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-227760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}