Published: April 20, 2008
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An often misattributed saying goes “If you’re a republican in your 20’s, you have no heart, but if you’re a democrat in your 30’s, you have no brain.” It’s been adapted over the years from comments allegedly made by Winston Churchill in the 1950s, but think about it long enough and it might just apply [...]
Published: April 15, 2008
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You know exactly who I’m talking about, especially if you’re a sports fan and even more so if you’re Canadian – not to mention a fan of basketball, football, Canadian sport, hockey, national pride, baseball, humour, or quality television in general.
After hitting the Home for the Hardcore as an intern back in the days when [...]
Published: April 8, 2008
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If you blinked you would have missed it, but with former-Philadelphia 76ers owner Pat Croce at the helm, no one will be closing their eyes when Slamball returns this summer.
The trampoline-fueled love child of basketball and football, raised by an extreme sports star and married to an acrobat is back, and don’t even think the [...]
Published: April 7, 2008
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On a team suddenly loaded with superstars it’s easy to overlook the core of role players that do most of their work behind the scenes, or at least in this case, behind the sidelines. Enter Ronny Turiaf. After battling back from a heart surgery that he feels wasn’t as bad as people make it out [...]
Published: April 1, 2008
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“If we can unite the people who are willing to take a stand, miracles can happen.”
Although similar words have been spoken thousands of times before, something is different now. Something is different about the way the way in which they’re used and the one who’s using them.
Does it take an American legend to give credence [...]
Published: March 16, 2008
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As father and son – coach Ken and Scott Murray – embraced, the rest of the euphoric club howelled, and the Niagara fans who made the drive to Ottawa stormed the court, it became incredibly clear; the Brock University Badgers had just proven themselves the greatest university basketball team in all of Canada.
In a thrilling [...]
Published: March 15, 2008
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As the top eight teams in Canadian university basketball square off this week in Ottawa, all eyes will be on the Carleton Ravens as they pursue their sixth consecutive national championship. With a stunning three upsets on Friday night the field is down to four, left remaining are Carleton, Brock, Western and Acadia. Stay tuned [...]
Published: March 14, 2008
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As the top eight teams in Canadian university basketball square off this week in Ottawa, all eyes will be on the Carleton Ravens as they pursue their sixth consecutive national championship. In the mean time, seven of the most dominant teams from all across Canada are hoping to play spoiler. Stay tuned to HoopsAddict.com for [...]
Published: February 28, 2008
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You would have thought a 29-year-old former All-Star signing with a team who recently traded for a hall of fame point guard (on top of finishing last season with the best record in the NBA) would have gotten it’s share of time in the national spotlight… right?
Published: February 22, 2008
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So the NBA trade deadline has come and gone, that’s just great. In the weeks leading up to that fateful Thursday we were lucky to see a swarm of deals go down, some we like, and some not so much. Last week, and of course the deadline itself, was no different. We here at HoopsAddict [...]