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FILE - New England Patriots backup quarterback Tom Brady warms up on the sidelines before the game against the Detroit Lions at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., Friday, Aug. 4, 2000. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Tom Brady becomes minority owner of WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces

Seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady has acquired an ownership stake…

 

The Kelowna Owls are the fourth best team in the province. (@kssowlsbasketball/@darcywill.photo/Instagram)

Kelowna Secondary boys basketball finishes 4th in the province

Nash Semenuik led the team with 107 points in four games at the provincials

 

Vernon’s Beth Butler dives for a loose ball, with MEI Eagles Bree Neufeld in pursuit. The Panthers would lose to the Eagles in day one action from the Langley Events Centre at the 2023 B.C. High School Girls Provincial Basketball Championship. (Varsity Letters)

Okanagan girls wrap up B.C. basketball tourney

Two programs finish sixth, the best result for an Okanagan team this year

 

The senior girls basketball team from King’s Christian earned bronze medals at the Single A Basketball Provincials. (Photo contributed)

Salmon Arm King’s Christian senior girls basketball team celebrating success at provincials

‘Going into this season we set some pretty high goals for ourselves.’

  • Mar 6, 2023
The senior girls basketball team from King’s Christian earned bronze medals at the Single A Basketball Provincials. (Photo contributed)
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Kobe Bryant family settles photo lawsuit for $28.5 million

The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5…

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the KSS Owls were the AAAA Valley champions, and the only team from the Okanagan to make it to provincials (KSS Owls)

Valley championships wrap up for Okanagan boys basketball

With just 7 provincial berths up for grabs, the intensity was high

the KSS Owls were the AAAA Valley champions, and the only team from the Okanagan to make it to provincials (KSS Owls)
The JL Jackson Jays girls basketball team is heading to Provincials in Langley from March 1 to 4. From left to right, back row: Devon Lansdowne, Eden Heckrodt, Regina Aguirre-Uribarren, Jayda Meerza. Front row: Coach Keith Limber, Sandy Smith, Kaylee Remus, Teagan Currie, Peyton Major, Coach Kira Limber and Assistant Coach Samantha Hardy. Absent: Maddy Willmot (Photo contributed)

Salmon Arm’s Jackson girls basketball team comes from behind to clinch provincial berth

Jays head to Langley, March 1 to 4, to go up against 23 of B.C.’s best junior girls teams

  • Feb 25, 2023
The JL Jackson Jays girls basketball team is heading to Provincials in Langley from March 1 to 4. From left to right, back row: Devon Lansdowne, Eden Heckrodt, Regina Aguirre-Uribarren, Jayda Meerza. Front row: Coach Keith Limber, Sandy Smith, Kaylee Remus, Teagan Currie, Peyton Major, Coach Kira Limber and Assistant Coach Samantha Hardy. Absent: Maddy Willmot (Photo contributed)
The King’s Christian senior girls basketball team is heading to Provincials in Nanaimo from March 1 to 4. From left to right are: assistant coaches Jeff Gossen and Lexi Gossen, Payton Kerr, Sarah Sutherland, Jasmine Gossen, Kadence Klassen, Moriah Jansen, Andrea Royal, Jaycee Golnick, Shiloh Jansen, Bobbi Grootendorst and head coach Cristie Jansen. Missing from photo is Alina Polyakh. (Photo contributed)

Senior girls basketball team at King’s Christian in Salmon Arm to take on B.C.’s best

#4 seed King’s Christian Thunder earns berth at Provincials, heading to Nanaimo

The King’s Christian senior girls basketball team is heading to Provincials in Nanaimo from March 1 to 4. From left to right are: assistant coaches Jeff Gossen and Lexi Gossen, Payton Kerr, Sarah Sutherland, Jasmine Gossen, Kadence Klassen, Moriah Jansen, Andrea Royal, Jaycee Golnick, Shiloh Jansen, Bobbi Grootendorst and head coach Cristie Jansen. Missing from photo is Alina Polyakh. (Photo contributed)
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Brittney Griner re-signs with Phoenix Mercury

Brittney Griner will be back in the WNBA this season, once again…

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The UBCO Heat women’s basketball team lost to UBC on Friday night 65-52, forcing their season to come to an end. (UBCO)

UBCO Heat women’s basketball team ousted from Canada West playoffs

The Heat lost 65-52 against their sister school, UBC on Friday night

The UBCO Heat women’s basketball team lost to UBC on Friday night 65-52, forcing their season to come to an end. (UBCO)
A charity basketball game took place at Cst. Neil Bruce School on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 16) between the grade eight boys and girls team combined and a team made up of members of the Westbank First Nation, West Kelowna Indigenous Policing Services, RCMP officers, and even former students. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

Charity basketball game in West Kelowna a slam dunk

More than 1,000 perishable food items were donated

A charity basketball game took place at Cst. Neil Bruce School on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 16) between the grade eight boys and girls team combined and a team made up of members of the Westbank First Nation, West Kelowna Indigenous Policing Services, RCMP officers, and even former students. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James gestures after passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LeBron James makes NBA history on a star-filled night in LA

Bronny James stepped over to his dad’s locker and played the phone…

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James gestures after passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Salmon Arm Secondary Jewels senior girls basketball team won the Rutland Secondary School Invitational on Feb. 4, going undefeated in three games. From left, Coach Jorri Duxbury, Ainslie Mueller, Makayla Cadden, Tegan Schielke, Olivia Lega, Elail Celesta, Ryann Decker, Tessa Elliott, Sophia Torrie, Fiea Marsh and Coach Tekki Brown-Hryniw. (Photo contributed)

Salmon Arm Secondary Jewels go undefeated to win Rutland Invitational

Senior girls basketball team gets stronger as season continues

The Salmon Arm Secondary Jewels senior girls basketball team won the Rutland Secondary School Invitational on Feb. 4, going undefeated in three games. From left, Coach Jorri Duxbury, Ainslie Mueller, Makayla Cadden, Tegan Schielke, Olivia Lega, Elail Celesta, Ryann Decker, Tessa Elliott, Sophia Torrie, Fiea Marsh and Coach Tekki Brown-Hryniw. (Photo contributed)
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Major high school basketball tournament tips off in Kelowna

The eight team tournament features five B.C. teams, one Alberta team, and two Manitoba teams

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King’s Christian Thunder seniors girls basketball team won gold at the Cougar Classic Tournament held in Barriere on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo contributed)

Salmon Arm school’s senior girls basketball team sweeps competition at weekend tourney

King’s Christian Thunder take gold at Cougar Classic in Barriere

  • Jan 23, 2023
King’s Christian Thunder seniors girls basketball team won gold at the Cougar Classic Tournament held in Barriere on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo contributed)
Hansel Enmanuel, a freshman guard from the Dominican Republic for Northwestern State, practices dunks during warm-ups before an NCAA college basketball game against Rice Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Houston. Enmanuel lost his left arm in a childhood accident and has attained the talent and skill to play at the college level. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

VIDEO: Hansel Enmanuel, college player with 1 arm, becomes an inspiration

Viral videos of Enmanuel dunking makes it look easy, but he says it’s far from that

Hansel Enmanuel, a freshman guard from the Dominican Republic for Northwestern State, practices dunks during warm-ups before an NCAA college basketball game against Rice Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Houston. Enmanuel lost his left arm in a childhood accident and has attained the talent and skill to play at the college level. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner sits during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Phoenix. Brittney Griner said she's “grateful” to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury a week after she was released from a Russian prison and freed in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange. “It feels so good to be home!” Griner posted to Instagram on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in her first public statement since her release. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Brittney Griner says she’ll play basketball in Arizona again

Brittney Griner said she’s “grateful” to be back in the United States…

FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner sits during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Phoenix. Brittney Griner said she's “grateful” to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury a week after she was released from a Russian prison and freed in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange. “It feels so good to be home!” Griner posted to Instagram on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in her first public statement since her release. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, on July 7, 2022. Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

American WNBA star Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout

2-time US Olympic medallist exchanged for Russian felon once nicknamed ‘the Merchant of Death’

FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, on July 7, 2022. Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
The Harlem Globetrotters’ Spread Game Tour made a stop at Penticton’s South Okanagan Events Centre (SOEC) on Tuesday night (Jan. 25). (Logan Lockhart, Western News)

Harlem Globetrotters return to Penticton in 2023 for 3rd straight year

Their latest world tour will stop in Penticton on Jan. 25

The Harlem Globetrotters’ Spread Game Tour made a stop at Penticton’s South Okanagan Events Centre (SOEC) on Tuesday night (Jan. 25). (Logan Lockhart, Western News)
Basketball champions, from front: Debbie Scott, Shelly Bianco, Susan Clarke, Jenni Johnston, Heather Bianco, Kim Connors, Allison Towriss. Back: Coach Joe Kupkee, Susan Trautman, Carol Burden, Bev Smith, Nona Durkee, Destanne Norris, assistant coach Don Jameson. (Image courtesy of the Denis Marshall collection, Salmon Arm Museum at R.J. Haney Heritage Village)

Amazing basketball talents of Salmon Arm’s Bev Smith worth a revisit in video

Fan points to video created which traces history of basketball Hall-of-Famer

Basketball champions, from front: Debbie Scott, Shelly Bianco, Susan Clarke, Jenni Johnston, Heather Bianco, Kim Connors, Allison Towriss. Back: Coach Joe Kupkee, Susan Trautman, Carol Burden, Bev Smith, Nona Durkee, Destanne Norris, assistant coach Don Jameson. (Image courtesy of the Denis Marshall collection, Salmon Arm Museum at R.J. Haney Heritage Village)
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