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Richard Howell (basketball)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american professional basketball player who plays for the leones de santo domingo of the liga nacional de balon”. Today it says “american-israeli basketball coach and former professional player who is the current head coach of the green hop”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American basketball player”. It now reads “American basketball player and coach (born 1990)”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Richard Howell ( Hebrew : ריצ'רד האוול ; born September 26, 1990) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit . He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american professional basketball player who plays for the leones de santo domingo of the liga nacional de balon”. Today it says “american-israeli basketball coach and former professional player who is the current head coach of the green hop”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American basketball player”. It now reads “American basketball player and coach (born 1990)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
american professional basketball player who plays for the leones de santo domingo of the liga nacional de balon
Now
american-israeli basketball coach and former professional player who is the current head coach of the green hop
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