Stories tagged with "canada"

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 4 Preview

by Jim Weeks on Jul 17, 2008 11:48 PM EDT

After a pilgrimage of sorts to Chipotle and way more WEEI over the last 2 days than I care to admit, I'm beat. So I'll keep this short. Here are my picks for tomorrow:Croatia over CanadaGermany over BrazilSlovenia over Puerto Rico Greece over New Zealand

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 3

by Jim Weeks on Jul 16, 2008 9:55 PM EDT

I'm a little short on time due to James Posey's departure and some real world commitments. As a result I dropped the ball on the qualifying tournament today. Thankfully there's a day off tomorrow. I'll be looking to get back into the swing of things Friday morning. In the meantime congrats to the...

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 2 - Update

by Jim Weeks on Jul 15, 2008 10:27 PM EDT

- The Canadians fell into a slow paced game and lost in disappointing fashion to Slovenia, prompting Coach Leo Rautins to simply say, "We all screwed this up." However, the Canadians still have a chance. - Meanwhile, Cameroon is out after losing to Puerto Rico and my man Ricky Sanchez (17 points)...

2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 2 Preview

by Jim Weeks on Jul 14, 2008 11:59 PM EDT

Game 5 PreviewCanada (Roster) World Rank: 17 Player to Watch: With respect to Joel Anthony I'm going the easy route and focusing on Samuel Dalembert. He will be important in the match up with Rasho Nesterovic who led Slovenia with 26 points against Korea. Furthermore, Dalembert recently provided...

2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Who's In?

by Jim Weeks on Jul 13, 2008 6:00 AM EDT

After a ridiculous number of Google searches for "James Posey" over the last couple of weeks and the realization that the Boston Celtics are keeping a low profile this summer, I've shifted my focus to international basketball. The following teams already qualified for Beijing: Angola - African...