Category: Basketball

Ayim Opens Games As Canadian Flag Bearer

Ayim Opens Games As Canadian Flag Bearer

CKSN Staff- July 23, 2021

Hundreds of Canadian athletes walked into the Olympic stadium in Tokyo, Japan for the opening ceremonies of the Games. Leading them in was Chatham's Miranda ... Read More

Ayim Caps Her Career At Tokyo Summer Olympics

Ayim Caps Her Career At Tokyo Summer Olympics

CKSN Staff- July 20, 2021

By Gabby Glasier Basketball player Miranda Ayim will be joining Team Canada at the summer Olympics – for one final time. The pro basketball player ... Read More

Carleton Scores Ten As Lynx Win Seventh Straight

Carleton Scores Ten As Lynx Win Seventh Straight

CKSN Staff- July 12, 2021

Bridget Carleton was a perfect 10 Sunday as the Minnesota Lynx won their seventh straight to enter a month long WNBA pause in the season. ... Read More

Carleton Officially Named To Canada’s Olympic Basketball Team

Carleton Officially Named To Canada’s Olympic Basketball Team

CKSN Staff- June 30, 2021

Bridget Carleton practices with Canada leading up to the AmeriCup It's not official, Bridget Carleton will suit up for Team Canada at this summer's Olympic ... Read More

Ayim, Canada Undefeated At FIBA Americas

Ayim, Canada Undefeated At FIBA Americas

CKSN Staff- June 16, 2021

Chatham born Miranda Ayim and Team Canada have yet to lose a game at the FIBA Americas. Averaging just over 17-minutes per game, Ayim has ... Read More

Hank Biasatti: From Chatham To Both The NBA, And MLB

Hank Biasatti: From Chatham To Both The NBA, And MLB

CKSN Staff- May 25, 2021

Hank Biasatti's Basic Training group in Chatham, Ontario - 1945 Imagine playing in two major league sports. It's a feat that has been accomplished by ... Read More

Ayim Wins French Title, Retires A Champion

Ayim Wins French Title, Retires A Champion

CKSN Staff- May 20, 2021

Miranda Ayim hoists the championship trophy with her Basket Landes teammates Chatham born professional basketball player Miranda Ayim won a French Championship with Basket Landes. ... Read More

Lynx Drop Opener On Last Second Shot

Lynx Drop Opener On Last Second Shot

CKSN Staff- May 16, 2021

Chatham's Bridget Carleton was held off the scoresheet in the WNBA season opener for the Minnesota Lynx, a 77-75 loss to the Phoenix Mercury. Carleton ... Read More

Carleton Moving Forward After A Tumultuous Year

Carleton Moving Forward After A Tumultuous Year

CKSN Staff- May 11, 2021

Bridget Carleton with the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx By Gabby Glasier Bridget Carleton is all for winning. As the WNBA season steadily approaches, the Minnesota Lynx ... Read More

Dolores Shadd Fought Injustice As A Black Woman, Coach, And Umpire

Dolores Shadd Fought Injustice As A Black Woman, Coach, And Umpire

CKSN Staff- May 10, 2021

Dolores Shadd, back row far right, and her Red Dragons basketball team in 1945. In the present day, the issue of under representation in coaching ... Read More

Carleton, Lynx Open WNBA Preseason This Week

Carleton, Lynx Open WNBA Preseason This Week

CKSN Staff- April 27, 2021

Bridget Carleton with the Minnesota Lynx Chatham's Bridget Carleton is preparing to enter her third WNBA season. After resigning with the Minnesota Lynx, Carleton will ... Read More

How WNBA Owners Still Aren’t Betting On Women

How WNBA Owners Still Aren’t Betting On Women

CKSN Staff- April 10, 2021

Sue Bird - Photo by the Seattle Storm Last year, the Women’s National Basketball Association announced the implementation of a new collective bargaining agreement with ... Read More

Wallaceburg’s Stucke Family Leaves Lasting Impact On NCAA Hardcourts

Wallaceburg’s Stucke Family Leaves Lasting Impact On NCAA Hardcourts

CKSN Staff- March 22, 2021

Coleman Stucke with Northeastern If you know Wallaceburg's Gayle Stucke, and her late husband Berne Stucke, you'll know their family ties to athletics. That lineage ... Read More

Miranda Ayim Retiring From Professional Basketball

Miranda Ayim Retiring From Professional Basketball

CKSN Staff- March 16, 2021

Chatham born professional basketball player Miranda Ayim announced her upcoming retirement this week. "I'm retiring," Ayim wrote on social media."There's never really a right time/way ... Read More