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Sports Vancouver will host the first WNBA regular-season game played outside the United States next year when the Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm meet at Rogers Arena. Seattle Storm to battle Atlanta Dream Aug. 15 at Rogers ArenaThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 16, 2024 1:58 PM EST |Continue Reading

Sports Edmonton’s Katherine Plouffe scored 11 points, including the winning basket in overtime, as Canada defeated the U.S. 19-18 to win the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Canadian men capture bronzeCBC Sports · Posted: Dec 15, 2024 10:11 PM EST | Last Updated: December 16 Katherine Plouffe, picturedContinue Reading

Sports The WNBA’s Toronto Tempo are alive — sort of. Set to join the league as an expansion team in 2026, the franchise revealed its nickname, logos and colours earlier in December. Yet the team remains, largely, an idea — one that won’t be realized until there are players. FormerContinue Reading

Sports The two-time Olympian from Milton, Ont., became just the second women’s basketball player in Syracuse history to receive the honour when her jersey went up during halftime of the Syracuse’s game against Notre Dame. 2-time Olympian just 2nd women player to receive honourThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 08,Continue Reading

From the unveiling of the Toronto Tempo first thing on Thursday morning to her interview with CBC Sports in the early afternoon, media appearances for Teresa Resch were nonstop. Yet through it all, Resch was still bursting with excitement at the introduction of the Tempo as the city’s incoming WNBAContinue Reading

Sports Canada’s new WNBA franchise will be called the Toronto Tempo, a handle officially unveiled with some haste Thursday morning after it was leaked the previous day. New nickname was included in drop-down menu on the league’s website on TuesdayThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 05, 2024 7:53 AM ESTContinue Reading

Sports After months of speculation, Toronto’s WNBA expansion team may finally have a nickname: the Toronto Tempo. Screenshots circulated on social media on Tuesday night of a drop-down menu on the league’s website referring to the club as the Tempo, but there’s been no official word. Toronto Tempo was includedContinue Reading

Sports An all-Alberta rivalry game will tip off the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s longest season ever, with Edmonton Stingers hosting Calgary Surge on May 11 in the first matchup of the league’s new 24-game format. League shifts to 24-game format, while each team visits every league cityThe Canadian Press ·Continue Reading

From March through September there was palpable, permeable excitement. Women’s basketball, from college through the WNBA and onto the Olympics, seemed to pierce through the noise and become a cultural touch point — for all the (mostly) good and (some) bad that entails. At the centre of it all wasContinue Reading