Gameday London • 8th October 2023 How did history forget Howson — a basketball trailblazer? Olympian Barry Howson, who grew up in London, was a Canadian hoops pioneer. The first Black player on the country’s national team, it’s past time he got his due.
Gameday London • 18th April 2022 The Devil and Chris Jones After every game, win or lose, Chris Jones sent a text message to his Mom that he knew wouldn’t be answered. Nevertheless, he sent it anyway because he wanted her to know that he was OK.
Gameday London • 6th March 2024 ‘The Chicken’ celebrates 50 years — Gameday London You learn a lot about people when you meet millions of them – even when you’re in a chicken suit. “People have a very, very good heart – an instinctively good heart,” says Ted Giannoulas. “Everyone’s first language is laughter, and it was heartening...
Gameday London • 28th January 2024 Jenkins did it all — including balling with Globetrotters Hall-of-Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins, who played two seasons with the London Majors post-retirement, did it all during his athletic career. One of his highlights? Playing for the Harlem Globetrotters.
Gameday London • 8th April 2021 Kravic a lesson in perseverance, perspective His shot is gone. Has been for some time. It’s not exactly the type of thing you expect to hear from one of the purest shooters to come out of the Forest City. But somewhere over the years, between university and the pros, despite the fixes and...
Gameday London • 1st February 2024 Shadell a survivor — on and off the court It’s hard not to notice him. The slick moves. That mischievous smile. His absolute joy for the game. It requires squinting past the flash of the London Lightning guard to uncover some deeper realities. Only then can you start to see a man who has...
Gameday London • 4th October 2021 A special night at Labatt Park Up and down the roster, this team has been special all year, on the mound, at the plate, in the community. They have played with a spirit and much-needed joy to remind us that it is not only possible, but totally OK, to feel this way again.
11th August 2023 Against the Dying Light Death was a relief. Louise knows people have a hard time saying that. But it is the unspoken feeling that hangs in a room when two or more caregivers of Alzheimer's patients gather. We're not wired to admit to others we think that way. But when...
Western News • 17th November 2016 Wings of my father: A son finds peace half a world away Duncan Hunter has fw memories of his father beyond a pile of old photographs and the stories his late mother left him. A mechanic in Westlock, Alta., a small town north of Edmonton, Ralph Hunter headed to war when his son was 3 years old. He...
Gameday London • 21st June 2023 Twelve minutes in May: Re-living Lightning history When handed the stat sheet from the just-closed third quarter, London Lightning head coach Doug Plumb saw a number that didn’t seem right. 49.
Gameday London • 9th May 2025 ‘Turbo’ more than a nickname — it’s a lifestyle Jachai Taylor has spent a life in motion. On and off the court, ‘Turbo’ lives up to his nickname. But last year, in a league thousands of miles from home, he met something unfamiliar: silence.
Gameday London • 18th December 2022 Improbable journey has Jongkuch grateful, others inspired You would expect Kur Jongkuch’s eyes to be firmly fixed on the future.
Western News • 7th April 2016 Bringing 'an important story' to the page Tibor ‘Max’ Eisen still wakes from his sleep with the smells of those cattle cars in his nose – the smells of a hundred people wedged in place for three days and three nights. And somewhere in those cars, among all those bodies, strangers and...
Gameday London • 4th January 2024 Pro stint has Mustangs’ Sharma eyeing big things He’s banged up after a busy year. There are surgeries awaiting him in the offseason. And he’s still feeling the impact of tearing his meniscus in the first game of the preseason. But Aryan Sharma has a new approach to the game that has him seeing a...
Gameday London • 23rd January 2024 White, the storied vet, just wants to win Billy White is an apex predator when it comes to hunting down a game somewhere in the world. Now, you can add the Basketball Super League.
Gameday London • 12th November 2022 Maletic where he belongs — getting his shot in Division I hoops Marko Maletic waited his entire life for that shot.
Gameday London • 29th October 2022 Carleton becoming a force on world stage for Canadian team in transition The shots would fall. They always had. For Bridget Carleton, however, they couldn’t start falling soon enough.
Gameday London • 27th October 2023 Dunn to run the show for Mustangs The One. The Point. The Floor General. The point guard position is, as Western Mustangs point Tyson Dunn describes it, “a lot.”
Gameday London • 11th March 2022 The disappearance — and reinvention — of Mo Bolden He didn’t talk to coaches. Or teammates. Or anyone. Two years ago, Maurice Bolden walked away from a game that saved him, a team that needed him, and a community that loved him.
Gameday London • 19th October 2022 Top skills coach Sewell has a talent for helping talent He’s known by many names – and he hates being called every one of them. Yoda. Buddha. The Guru. The Guru. Ugh. He especially hates that one.
