Tag: Basketball

‘Overall I feel very grateful for the opportunity to be here and to have done this.’

Three weeks in, the London Lightning are the class of the National Basketball League of Canada. The Bolts improved to 6-0 with a 117-92 pasting of the Sudbury Five Saturday at Budweiser Gardens. That gives them convincing wins over all three of their fellow NBLC franchises – K-W, Windsor and Sudbury already. They’ve also got […]

The first meeting between the London Lightning and K-W Titans this season was decided by a single bucket. Since then, it’s been a little more tilted in London’s favour. London improved to 5-0 by beating the Titans for the third time already, 111-93 Wednesday at Budweiser Gardens. Unlike last Saturday in their home opener, the […]

The London Lightning topped the Lansing Pharaohs 104-90 in professional basketball action at Budweiser Gardens on Sunday afternoon. LFP photojournalist Mike Hensen was there and captured the action:

The National Basketball League of Canada chanced upon a promising and opportune partnership just when things looked their worst. When the Moncton Magic and Halifax Hurricanes folded last year and the St. John’s Edge couldn’t find a place to play, that left the Island Storm in P.E.I. as the only team in the Atlantic Division. […]