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Canada’s quest for elite basketball status begins in Toronto
Posted on September 2, 2015
Canada’s quest for elite basketball status begins in Toronto by: David Ebner National correspondent – The Globe and Mail ...
CDN National Team Alumni Association Launched
Posted on April 16, 2015
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VanCity Buzz: Canadian Basketball treasured like never before
Posted on April 16, 2015
We’ve all heard of the Dream Team, right? The USA basketball team has been hyped up and nearly idolized for over two decades by fans around the world. However, the times are a changing, and Canadian basketball is being treasured like never before. The Foundation Former members of Team Canada, Dave Turcotte (1982-95) and Howard Kelsey (1977-88) have drawn up a “give and go” play that’s sure to score big with Canadians. Their plan is to conn ...
Alumni Association looks to dust off Canada’s hoops history: Feschuk
Posted on April 16, 2015
Canada’s history in the game is long and proud. So it’s sad that in some ways, in some eyes, a lot of it has been largely lost. By: Dave Feschuk Sports Columnist, Published on Thu Mar 19 2015 That this country’s basketball future seems bright is a point being made and remade almost daily. Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 NBA draft pick and likely rookie of the year, made his Canadian-soil debut as a pro on Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre, this ...
Province Podcast Starts Here: Varsity Letters for April 9, 2015
Posted on April 16, 2015
A chat with new Fraser Valley Cascades athletic director Steve Tuckwood about big challenges ahead in the CIS for the Abbotsford school. Former Canadian national men’s basketball team player Howard Kelsey talks about the future of the game in our country. And we delve into the stretch drive of the UBC baseball season with longtime head coach Terry McKaig. ...
Berlin Olympics a breakthrough for Canadian basketball
Posted on April 16, 2015
By Tony Atherton Postmedia News Seventy-five years ago Aug. 1, with a short proclamation and a Nazi salute, Hitler opened the 11th Olympiad of the modern era. Today those Games are largely remembered for the performance of Jesse Owens, the black U.S. track star who shattered 11 Olympic records – and the illusions of Aryan supremacy. But as Tony Atherton writes, a great unsung Canadian story was written in Berlin, a story involving a man with an idea ...
Legendary coach calls for CIS improvement
Posted on April 16, 2015
Ken Shields discusses the state of Canadian university sport Head coach Ken Shields, centre, celebrates one of seven CIS titles with the University of Victoria Vikes. He wants CIS basketball to return to the competitive standard that his Vikes team set from 1976 to 1989. By Gilbert Coyle, Sports Editor Ken Shields knows what it takes to develop Canadian basketball players. The four-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport Coach of the Year won seven strai ...
Canada’s capital for men’s university basketball
Posted on April 16, 2015
Gord Holder, Ottawa Citizen Published on: March 19, 2015 Last Updated: March 20, 2015 11:48 AM EDT Philip Scrubb had a 9:30 a.m. interview in the Carleton University athletics building. At 9:27, he was still playing 1-on-1 in the gym. Every shot and crossover dribble represented a chance to improve, even for a talented athlete named Canada’s top university basketball player three times. That kind of drive made five-time champions of Scrubb and ...
The Edmonton Grads: LOOKING BACK 90 YEARS: UNBEATABLE
Posted on April 16, 2015
Between 1915 and 1940, the Edmonton Commercial Graduates women’s basketball team, led by head coach Percy Page, barnstormed their way across the continent and through Europe to become a sporting and cultural phenomenon. ...