Sports/Basketball

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

Sports Many of the WNBA’s young stars like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese brought deals with them from their playing days in college, including name, image and likeness agreements that became endorsements with such companies as Nike, Reebok and Gatorade. But for all those enjoying their newfound riches, there areContinue Reading

Whatever the WNBA Toronto team names itself, history suggests most people will probably be unhappy initially. The six PWHL franchise recently went through the same process — anecdotally, at least, as the logo-less first season was received coolly, the summer’s nickname announcement mildly and last week’s jersey release appears toContinue Reading

Sports The Indiana Fever hired Stephanie White as coach on Friday, putting her in charge of a team led by WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark. Replaces Christie Sides, who guided Indiana to 1st playoff berth since 2016The Associated Press · Posted: Nov 01, 2024 1:13 PM EDT |Continue Reading

Sports Canadian women’s basketball general manager and high-performance director Denise Dignard recently announced her retirement after 26 years. And with Dignard’s exit signals a full rebuild for a team which has missed the knockout round at each of the past two Olympics and lost all three of its games inContinue Reading

Sports This past summer, a WNBA fan stopped Bridget Carleton on the street in Minnesota to reveal a tattoo of the Canadian player’s name and jersey number on their arm. It was another example of the league’s growing popularity in its most successful season ever. ‘Finally, we’re getting the recognitionContinue Reading