In professional sports, much emphasis is placed on someone’s ethnic nationality if they are the first of their race or ethnicity to achieve success. I give you some names in that regard. Jackie Robinson. Roberto Clemente. Yao Ming. Hideo Nomo. They broke through in their sports and became legends. Seiya Ando hopes to follow in…
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No nights off…
“No Nights Off” is the mantra of the 2014-15 National Basketball League of Canada basketball season. From November to about mid-April, it’s also my mantra. For the fourth consecutive year, I’ll take care of maintaining statistics and player relations with the NBL. This means I have to make sure that every player on the league’s…
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High-waters and Stringbean waistbands
I remember, back in elementary school days, there would always be at least one kid whose pantlegs didn’t reach all the way down to his shoes. They might stop at the tops of his socks, thus causing the phenomenon derisively known as “high-waters.” “When’s the flood coming, Charlie?” they’d ask me. Oh yeah, I should…
Read MoreCavell Johnson’s winning dunk
My first true sports photography occurred when I was the Albany Patroons’ team photographer. And from time to time, I would create stitch shots of various dunks – for me, a “stitch shot” meant that I could superimpose three or more images in a row of a player going to the hoop and slamming the…
Read MoreAlbany Patroon versus Albany Patroon tonight
Yes, I am a die-hard fan of the Albany Patroons, that star-crossed basketball team that came to our area in 1982, won championships in 1984 and 1988, left in 1993, returned in 2005, and left again in 2009. It was a team that sent several legendary coaches to the NBA (Phil Jackson, George Karl, Bill…
Read MoreNBL Canada podcast, with guest star Chuck Miller
I haven’t written about it as much in my blog, but those of you who read my blog with any amount of regularity know that I am a devotee of independent and minor league professional basketball. I started with the Albany Patroons way back in the day, and then moved to working with the Premier…
Read MoreBasketball season begins again in the NBL, eh?
Many of you know that I have different facets in my life. Chuck Miller the writer. Chuck Miller the photographer. And during the winter months, I am Chuck Miller the stat-rat for the National Basketball League of Canada. It’s a gig that I totally enjoy, the people I work with are dedicated to the sport,…
Read MoreDoes Josiah Turner have a chance?
What can I tell you about Josiah Turner? He played for one season at the University of Arizona, then later signed in 2013 with the National Basketball League of Canada’s Halifax Rainmen. He was later acquired by another team in the NBL, the Summerside Storm, and led the Prince Edward Island crew to the championship…
Read MoreNBL Canada Championship Game and the Albany Patroons
Talk about an experience. Last night, I drove nearly three hours from Saint John, N.B. to Summerside, Prince Edward Island, to watch Game 4 of the NBL Canada championship best-of-five series between the Summerside Storm and the London (Ont.) Lightning. London was already up 2-1 in the series, so Game 4 would either mean a…
Read MoreBlackbird, meet Canada. Canada, meet Blackbird.
I’ve had my 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, nicknamed “The Blackbird,” for at least six months now. And now comes its first true test. Road trip to Canada. Specifically, Saint John, New Brunswick, home of this week’s National Basketball League of Canada All-Star Classic. Why am I here? Trust me. It’s an All-Star Game. Actually, counting…
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