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With the second-half season on the horizon, the challenge for Logan Reider is for her and the Saskatchewan Huskies to carry that momentum into March’s national championship tournament at UBC. CBC | Sports News
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Canadian basketball star Tristan Beckford signs with NCAA’s Arkansas State
Another rising Canadian basketball star will make his college debut next year in the U.S. Six-foot-five Tristan Beckford of Vaughan Ont., announced Wednesday that after considering numerous offers, he has decided to suit up for Arkansas State University for the 2025-26 NCAA season. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Saskatchewan prep school providing one of few elite women’s basketball programs despite obstacles
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Saskatchewan is already home to a storied hockey program. Now, its part of another elite group as one of the few schools with a prep basketball program west of Ontario, one of only three women’s programs. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Meet Olivier Rioux: The world’s tallest teen and Canada’s rising basketball star
The Quebec native currently attends the University of Florida with hopes of eventually making the NBA. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Hamilton basketball star Kia Nurse aims to rebound with Athletes Unlimited after `rocky’ 2 years
Everything changed for Kia Nurse when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the 2021 WNBA playoffs. The basketball star from Hamilton was locked in as starter for a team in the semifinals. But in one bad fall three years ago and she was plunged into the depths of surgery and rehab. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Nathaniel Mitchell to coach Canada’s men’s basketball team for FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers
Nathaniel Mitchell has been named as Canada’s head coach for the upcoming November window of the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025 qualifiers. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Impact of Vince Carter still felt in Canadian basketball
Although Vince Carter’s arrival in Toronto lifted the Raptors’ sagging ticket sales and he helped take them to the post-season, it was his endeavours off the court that some remember best. CBC | Sports News
Read More »After 26 years, longtime exec Denise Dignard hands Canadian women’s basketball reins to next generation
Canadian women’s basketball general manager and high-performance director Denise Dignard recently announced her retirement after 26 years. And with Dignard’s exit signals a full rebuild for a team which has missed the knockout round at each of the past two Olympics and lost all three of its games in Paris. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada. His impact on Canadian basketball still goes strong
Even though newly enshrined Hall of Famer Vince Carter played only a short time in Canada, his impact on Canadian basketball is still going strong. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Victor Lapeña out as women’s national basketball head coach after winless Olympics
Canada Basketball on Monday said it has “mutually agreed” to part ways with senior women’s head coach Victory Lapeña, two months after the team failed to win a game at the Paris Olympics. CBC | Sports News
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