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Canada Basketball
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CANADA\'S HAMILTON BROTHERS HAVE AN EARLY DATE WITH SUCCESS
CALGARY Mom was a basketball player. Dad, at age 53, remains a rower. So how did Dougie and Freddie Hamilton, the sons of two non-hockey-playing Olympians, end up anchoring penalty kills for Canadas entry at this world junior championship?
It certainly wasn't because they inherited their father's ceaseless passion for the national winter sport.
As Doug Hamilton, a bronze medallist in quadruple heavy sculls at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, conceded Monday, on the eve of Canada's semifinal
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CANADIAN JOSEPH CLIMBS ATOP HOOPS LADDER
MONTREAL - He's the top player on the top-ranked team in U.S. college basketball, but Kris Joseph once wondered if he'd ever get off the bench for the Syracuse Orange.
The 6-foot-7 Montrealer is the leading scorer for the Orange, which is atop the polls for the fourth consecutive week and a favourite to make the Final Four.
Most draft boards have pegged Joseph as a mid to late first-round pick in the 2012 NBA draft. That's rarefied air even among the bumper crop of Canadian talent gracing
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TRISTAN THOMPSON OFF TO A QUICK START WITH THE CAVS
Its a dynamic duo without a Robin.
When Tristan Thompson makes his first NBA stop in Toronto on Wednesday night, the Brampton native will be one of two first-round rookies on the court for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Thompson, a 69 power forward picked fourth overall in last years NBA draft, has shared top billing with point guard Kyrie Irving, the leagues No. 1 selection.
Read the entire article by Joseph Hall from the Toronto Star .
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TRISTAN THOMPSON RADIO INTERVIEW ON FAN 590
Cavaliers rookie forward and Brampton native joins Tim & Sid to discuss playing his first NBA game in Toronto.
To listen to the interview press here
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SPURS ASSIGN FORMER LONGHORN CORY JOSEPH TO AUSTIN TOROS
SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have assigned rookie Cory Joseph to the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League.
Joseph, a 6-3 guard, has seen action in four games for the Spurs this season, totaling 2 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 22 minutes.
The Spurs selected Joseph out of the University of Texas with the 29th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. In his lone season with the Longhorns he was named to the Big 12 All-Rookie Team and earned All-Big 12 H
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