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Brandon University has officially announced that Kirk DeFazio has been named their new Athletic Director, replacing Rick Nicklechok, who recently took on a similar role at University College of Fraser Valley. DeFazio has a long history of association with athletics and teaching in Ontario and played several seasons with the CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders. The Bobcats also have a new Head Basketball coach in Mike Raimbault, who took over for reigning CIS Coach-of-the-Year Barnaby Craddock, now at UCFV. The Bobcats advanced all the way to the championship game of the CIS Nationals last season before losing to Carleton and are scheduled to return the majority of their roster from last season. DeFazio named new Brandon Athletic Director

Also, thanks to Richard Taylor from Calgary for providing this link to a video of Steve Nash being interviewed by Charlie Rose A Conversation with Steve Nash

Tony Gallagher writes in this weekend's Vancouver Province that Leo Rautins believes Steve Nash would be playing with "what we believe will unquestionably be the most talented guys he will ever have played with in a Canadian jersey". Also, the article alludes to the possibility of Vancouver hosting the "play-in" tournament next summer Canada needs Nash

Rob Brodie of Sun Media reports in Sunday's Ottawa Sun the sporting coverage that Rogers Television plans to provide in the coming year including CIS basketball with talk of broadcasting all 4 quarter-final events at the Nationals in March Rogers TV to explode on local scene

A nice article in the Boston Globe highlighting the extreme patriotism most Europeans feel for their country and how that translates into doing whatever possible to represent their country internationally A Foreign concept to U.S.