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Timeless Fun with Global Flare

Jan 8, 2025 | 11:43am
Tuesday was Harlem Globetrotter Day. The history goes like this: Abe Saperstein founded the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1926. They were initially known as the Savoy Big Five, after the famous Savoy Ballroom in Chicago, where they held their first performances. The original team members were all African-Americans from the south side of Chicago, […]
“A pretty cool idea’: Documentary series to follow Straschnitzki’s basketball dreams

“A pretty cool idea’: Documentary series to follow Straschnitzki’s basketball dreams

Nov 17, 2024 | 8:24am
Former Humboldt Bronco hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki has an entourage these days — complete with cameras and microphones — now that he’s changed his path to the Paralympics from the ice to the hardwood. “Prairie Cat Productions reached out and mentioned this idea of kind of filming me in my wheelchair basketball career and possibly […]
Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley sign multi-year deals with Toronto Raptors

Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley sign multi-year deals with Toronto Raptors

Jul 8, 2024 | 12:28pm
The future is now for Scottie Barnes and Immanuel Quickley. Barnes and Quickley had new deals with the Toronto Raptors officially announced on Monday, locking up the team’s young core for at least the next three seasons. The two contracts cement the foundation that Raptors president Masai Ujiri is using for his quick rebuild, but […]
Two Regina teams win provincial basketball championships

Two Regina teams win provincial basketball championships

Mar 24, 2024 | 12:32pm
A pair of Regina teams are provincial basketball champions. Saskatchewan’s top high school basketball teams had a chance to close out their 2024 season this weekend at a one-day provincial basketball championship held in Moose Jaw. The one-day tournament was organized after the cancellation of Hoopla due to the ongoing contract impasse between the provincial […]
Hoopla tournament officially cancelled, one-day provincial championship to take place

Hoopla tournament officially cancelled, one-day provincial championship to take place

Mar 20, 2024 | 3:34pm
While the Hoopla 2024 Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association basketball championship has been cancelled, teams from throughout the province will have a chance to play for medals based on their seeding during a one-day tournament running all day Saturday at gyms throughout the city. SHSAA Press Release As of 3 pm this afternoon, there has […]
BREAKING: STF announces latest sanctions, Hoopla likely cancelled

BREAKING: STF announces latest sanctions, Hoopla likely cancelled

Mar 18, 2024 | 10:06am
The news every basketball player in the province has been dreading has come to pass. The Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation announced their latest round of sanctions on Monday, including the withdrawal of extracurricular services on Thursday and Friday of this week. While no official announcement has been made, that will likely lead to the cancellation of […]
Ravens edge Huskies 70-67 to defend U Sports women’s basketball title

Ravens edge Huskies 70-67 to defend U Sports women’s basketball title

Mar 11, 2024 | 2:03pm
Protecting a three-point lead with one possession left in the U Sports women’s basketball title game, Carleton Ravens coach Dani Sinclair had a simple message for her team. Do not allow any of the five Saskatchewan Huskies on the floor an easy three-point shot. Her team responded. The ball got into the hands of Husky Logan Reider, […]
Little BALLERS has kids off and running with basketball

Little BALLERS has kids off and running with basketball

Jan 30, 2024 | 4:21pm
As soon as a child starts walking, they have an opportunity to learn with basketball. Little BALLERS is a program aiming to give young kids a chance to develop a love for basketball at an early age. With locations available in Saskatchewan, including here in Regina and Manitoba, Little Ballers offers children from 1-8 a […]
Brandt Centre to host the latest round of the U-Prairie Challenge on Sunday

Brandt Centre to host the latest round of the U-Prairie Challenge on Sunday

Jan 5, 2024 | 4:35pm
One of the fiercest rivals in the province will hit the ice this weekend. The Men’s and Women’s hockey teams from the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan will face off in the U-Prairie Challenge. For the second straight season, the two universities have competed against each other to showcase the Varsity Sports […]

‘Why not?’: Former Broncos player has sights set on Paralympic wheelchair basketball

Jul 31, 2023 | 8:57am

Ryan Straschnitzki’s Paralympic dreams haven’t fizzled, but his path to the international stage could take him from the ice to the hardwood. The 24-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paralyzed from the chest down in 2018 when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and barrelled into the path of the Humboldt Broncos’ bus in rural Saskatchewan. Sixteen […]

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