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,…
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The 2013 Louis Saunders Memorial Tournament
Saturday morning. I’m driving up the Massachusetts Turnpike, the low-drifting foggy clouds dotting my journey through the Berkshires. My Nikon D700, along with several lenses, is riding shotgun for the trip. It’s time for the Louis Saunders Memorial Basketball Tournament. Background. Louis Saunders was a teacher in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. He used athletics, including basketball,…
Read MoreThe nasty breakup and the online sniping
Oh you think breakups and passive-aggressive online comments are limited to failed relationships? Check this out. A few months ago, I wrote about how the Premier Basketball League, an organization I worked with for five years, decided to merge with another basketball league, the International Basketball Association. At the time, I thought that although the…
Read MoreI don’t want to be Jason Collins.
Every year, Major League Baseball hosts Jackie Robinson Day, and every baseball player gives up their regular jersey number to wear #42, Robinson’s number with the Brooklyn Dodgers. It’s a fantastic gesture and a tribute to a baseball legend and trailblazer. And I always hope that in that sea of 42’s… I keep hoping someone…
Read MoreBack to Boston this July
It’s an important event for me, it’s part of my photographic cycle and it’s a chance to honor someone who gave so much to his community, and for his community to give back to him. It’s the Louis Saunders Memorial Basketball Tournament in Boston. The tournament features some of the best basketball talent, all battling…
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 MoreAlbany Legends basketball: A 3-game road season!
Did you know the Albany Legends were still playing? Okay, let’s help out a little. The Legends were the team that replaced the Albany Patroons when the Continental Basketball Association finally died in 2009. The Legends played their games at the Armory, in the shadow of banners from the old Patroons’ heydays. And in 2010,…
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…
Read MoreMore on the Ottawa Tomahawks name gaffe
Well, I figured someone had to make a joke about the NBL’s Ottawa Tomahawks nickname, so why not let it be Rick Mercer, he of the “Rick Mercer Report,” a Canadian comedy-news show similar to the Colbert Report here in the States. To recap: The new Ottawa expansion franchise in the National Basketball League of…
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