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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
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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
Read More »Basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Incredibly disappointed’: Canadian women fall to China in wheelchair basketball bronze-medal match in Paris
Canada’s wheelchair basketball teams will be leaving Paris without a medal. Following the men’s tough loss to Germany in Saturday’s bronze-medal game, the Canadian women faltered and were unable beat China for a place on the podium. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada falls in semis of FIBA 3×3 Basketball Women’s Series Final
Two-time defending champions Canada lost a hard-fought semifinal 21-19 to the Netherlands on Sunday at Women’s Series Final tournament in Hangzhou, China. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘Not what I expected’: wheelchair basketball three-time Paralympian Nic Goncin shares how he first reacted to the sport
Canadian wheelchair basketball player and three-time Paralympian Nik Goncin shares with CBC’s Dale Manucdoc how he was introduced to wheelchair basketball and describes his hopes for what he’ll achieve at the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Another pro basketball franchise coming to Halifax
The team will be called the Halifax Hoopers and will play in The Basketball League with a dozen U.S. teams in small markets. Paul Palmeter has the story. CBC | Sports News
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