Shawn Swords, a former Canadian Olympian and current coach of the 3×3 mens basketball team, believes the specialized competition could, one day, become an Olympic event. Swords led the the Canadian team to an 8-2…
Team Canada bounced back from a loss with a 77-26 trouncing of Paraguay on Monday at the FIBA Americas Championship.
Canada Basketball will have to find a new coach after a disappointing display at the FIBA Americas tournament in Argentina. Leo Rautins, who replaced Jay Triano in 2005, resigned from his position after the team…
Canada’s men’s basketball team will have to find a recipe to correct its sporadic play at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. If they don’t they’ll lose a chance to qualify…
[audio:http://torontoobserver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Nicole_CanadaChinaWomensBBall_podcast.mp3|titles=Nicole_CanadaChinaWomensBBall_podcast] After a blowout loss in their opening game of the FIBA women’s world championships, team Canada found themselves down a large margin once again. But this time, the Canadians came out of halftime with…
Two players with connections to the Toronto Raptors were singled out as top performers at the 2010 FIBA world championships.