BRAMPTON, Ont.– Regular visitors to the Powerade Centre may be in for a surprise. Starting in November, the 5,000 seat facility, one that boasts four NHL-sized hockey rinks, will play host to a professional basketball team. At a press conference in their home-to-be on Wednesday, the Brampton A’s were unveiled as the 10th team to [...]
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It wasn’t supposed to start like this. All the fanfare that followed Steve Nash, and subsequently Dwight Howard’s arrival in La-La Land had prognosticators calling this the most talented team “on paper” in the league. Except the game’s not played on paper, and the hardwood of the court has wrought harsh realities; a 1-3 start [...]
With the baseball season recently concluded, and hockey locked out, sports fans may increasingly be turning to basketball this season. The current crop of fans could be joined by a brand new audience that would boost the profile of basketball in this country, and fill the hole left in the hearts of Canadians by the [...]
Stefan Anderson previews a list of NBA candidates who are due for breakout fantasy seasons. The featured players aren’t household names like Kevin Durant and Dwight Howard, but are peripheral fantasy stars that could provide sneaky value during your draft.
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HAMILTON — Fifth-year point guard Manny Campbell led Mohawk College’s Mountaineers with 17 points as they held off the Centennial Colts 80-71 in an exhibition contest here on Tuesday night. With strong defence and dominance inside the paint, Mohawk opened up the second half on a 10-0 run to gain the lead, then closed out the [...]
Travis McKie’s strong play helped lead Wake Forest back from a halftime deficit and give the NCAA Division 1 power an 88-80 victory over host Ryerson in men’s exhibition basketball on Saturday. The Demon Deacons were able to capitalize on frequent Rams turnovers in the third quarter, outscoring Ryerson 32 to 16 in the frame. [...]
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OTTAWA -- In the first game of the House-Laughton pre-season tournament hosted by Carleton, Queen’s starting guard Sukhpreet Singh scored a team-high 10 points in the lopsided 98-49 loss to the CIS powerhouse Ravens.
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OTTAWA — They dominated without really being tested, and as the clock ticked down on their third win in three days the Carleton Ravens neither celebrated nor smiled as they left the court victors at their own event. It was the 12th consecutive House-Laughton tournament championship victory for the CIS powerhouse Carleton men’s basketball team, [...]
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Tom Brady, Derrick Rose, Mariano Rivera, Adrian Peterson and Evgeni Malkin all have something in common. Aside from the fact each of these men have dominated their respective sport, they have all went through a potentially career-threatening injury. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is located inside the knee joint connecting the femur (thigh bone) and [...]
Pistons rookie forward Andre Drummond tipped in the winning basket with 35 seconds, giving Detroit a 101-99 pre-season victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. Detroit scored 60 points in the paint to Toronto’s 24 and out-rebounded the Raptors 47-32. Centre Greg Monroe finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Drummond, the [...]
