Posts Tagged ‘university of kansas’




Wiggins chooses University of Kansas

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

According to the Canadian Press, Andrew Wiggins, quite possibly the second best Canadian basketball player ever, has chosen to play next season at the University of Kansas.

Wiggins, from Toronto, could be drafted first overall in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft. That would be the very first time a Canadian would have gone first overall.

Wiggins chose the Jayhawks over the University of Kentucky, the University of North Carolina and the University of Florida State.

James Naismith of Almonte, Ontario, who is considered the founder of basketball, was the head coach of the University of Kansas from 1898-1907 , before becoming the Jayhawks’ Athletic Director.

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Kerrzy’s Notebook: Random Friday Thoughts

Friday, February 11th, 2011

“I LOVE CANADA”

Do you think UFC president Dana White ever wishes he could move his entire production up to our side of the border?

Every time the UFC comes to Canada, records are set and that’s a trend that continued this week with a couple of new ones ahead of UFC 129 in Toronto – the organization’s first Ontario-based event. If Las Vegas didn’t have the deep connection and history with the fight game that it has, I’m sure more cards would find their way up here given our country’s track record.

In less than one hour on Thursday, more than 42,000 tickets (valued anywhere from $50 to $800) were sold for the April 30th event! That’s right, the “pre-sale” for the Toronto date almost doubled Montreal’s UFC attendance record of 23,152! (more…)

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