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Through three generations, Canada’s women’s basketball team has fought battles on and off the court. Funding and exposure were long considered insufficient. But with those issues slowly being won, the fourth-ranked squad can finally focus on one long-standing goal: the Olympic podium. CBC | Sports News
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She had next: Gigi Bryant, 13, was going to carry on a basketball legacy
Her name was Gianna Maria Onore Bryant. The world, now and forever, knows her as Gigi. Her dad, Kobe Bryant, called her Mambacita. He was Mamba, of course, and she was going to be basketball’s female version of him. She was going to play at Connecticut and head to the WNBA. That was the plan. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Kobe Bryant will be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame this year, report says
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is bypassing the normal election process and making the late Kobe Bryant the first inductee of the 2020 class, The Athletic reported Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Kobe Bryant: Basketball player’s net worth revealed – what was sport star’s great fortune?
KOBE BRYANT died in a helicopter crash in California today, it has been announced this evening. The American former professional basketball player had a hugely successful sporting career – what was his net worth? Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »‘I don’t have a home right now’: Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter talks activism, basketball
Compared to the real-life dangers Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter contends with for speaking out against his home country’s authoritarian regime, boxing out seven-footers for rebounds may seem inconsequential by comparison. CBC | World News
Read More »How Canada’s women’s basketball team could win its first Olympic medal
The Canadian women’s basketball team begins an Olympic pre-qualifying tournament on Thursday in Edmonton. How much further will they go? CBC | Sports News
Read More »Cruise: Thousand stranded P&O passengers forced to sleep on ‘horrendous’ basketball court
CRUISE passengers were forced to bed down on a basketball court after becoming stranded in Monte Carlo due to storms at sea. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »Hoops in the Holy Land: African-American basketball players embrace Israel
In the last 40 years, more than 800 African-Americans have relocated to play in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. A new book details how many of them have found an unlikely home (far) away from home. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The Carter Effect transcended Canadian basketball
With his highlight reel dunks and athleticism, Vince Carter captured the attention of basketball fans worldwide. He made basketball cool in a hockey-mad country and laid the foundation for the influx of Canadian NBA talent that would follow in the years to come. CBC | Sports News
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