P.H.A.S.E.1 Donates $100,000JMD to Jamaica’s Women’s National Basketball Team
As Jamaica Women’s National Basketball team heads to Cuba to compete in the Caribbean Women’s Championship that will take place
Read moreAs Jamaica Women’s National Basketball team heads to Cuba to compete in the Caribbean Women’s Championship that will take place
Read moreSixty basketball players were drafted into the P.H.A.S.E.1 Academy Elite 1 Caribbean Basketball Summer League (E1CBL). The draft party was
Read moreThe timing could not be better for P.H.A.S.E.1 to establish its first academy in Barbados. This is according to former
Read moreIn 2009, Canadian-based Non-Governmental Organisation P.H.A.S.E 1 Youth Association (P1YA) held its 9th annual tournament featuring a Shamba event fundraiser.
Read moreIt has always been my plan to go to Africa but I never imagined my first trip would be to
Read moreWhat an incredible feeling experiencing professional basketball in Africa. The passion for the game despite the lack of infrastructure and
Read morePatrick Bizindavyi recalls the time he “got hooked” on basketball. He was in high school and he and his friends would
Read moreOn August 23rd, P.H.A.S.E 1 Academy took a cross continental step into Africa to establish its first academy in Bujumbura,
Read moreAs a child, Kayla’s first love was drawing, then as a pre- teen basketball entered the picture and she fell in love with that too. At University she studied to be a teacher due to the influence of a great second grade teacher who had a profound impact on her life. So how does one combine a passion for basketball, art and teaching? Simple, you write a book.
Read moreWho Is In Your Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame? – Simeon Mars, Hayton Morrison, Nicole Pennie and Harry Baird, pioneers who witnessed the rise of basketball in Canada, enlighten Wayne Dawkins on the true origins of elite level basketball North of the U.S. border. Collectively the panel gives their unanimous choices for builders, trailblazers, events and milestones that changed the game at different stages and inspired others to take the game to the levels we see today.
Read moreWhen Tristan was on the floor every time a lane opened up or a ball got lose and he was headed out on a break-a-way, the whole gym was standing ready lose their minds. His teammate on-hand will never forget during an open run in “Jungle” Lawrence Heights Community Center, in front of Jim Calhoun, Head Coach U. Connecticut, Tristan jumped over 6’7″ Jemino Sobers and flushed a dunk with ease. The packed gym went silent with disbelief, then quiet chatter before erupting into a frenzy. Tristan Martin’s legacy would forever be crystallized from that day forward.
Read moreWayne Dawkins is a Canadian basketball coaching pioneer. Immigrating from Jamaica as a young child before settling in Alberta and then moving to Toronto and being recruited by Eastern Michigan. Over his life, he’s helped 100s of young men and women receive scholarships and has built a school for young children in his home country of Jamaica. We thank him immensely for sitting down with us at The Jaleel Sobers Show.
Read moreAs Evan Pellerin approaches the final stretch of his 15-year basketball career, and looks back on his journey-the highs, the
Read moreKingdom Community Projects As we prepare to launch our upcoming Kingdom Community Projects, we would like to share a mini-documentary
Read moreSpending months away from home is the sacrifice most professional basketball players have to make to live their dreams. This
Read moreWhen Shaquille Keith hits a basketball court, he is transformed from the reserved young man who enjoys writing poems, and
Read moreFor 25-year-old D’Adrian Allen, basketball is more than just a game, it is who he is, it is what made
Read moreA young Ta’Quan Zimmerman catches the basketball as it is passed to him on a basketball court in his hometown
Read moreTa’Quan Zimmerman didn’t have an easy life, so he didn’t expect his quest for a professional basketball career to be
Read moreBasketball coach Tim Notke once said, “hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard,” and it is by these
Read moreBasketball was just a fun pastime activity for Ashton Khan. Playing the game with his older brother and friends on
Read more“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you‘ll be successful.”– Eric Thomas. This quote is one of many for
Read moreThe basketball court is where many female professional athletes call their workplace, but the legitimacy of their work is overshadowed because of their gender. The sudden loss of ambassadors to the women’s game, Kobe and Gianna Bryant has been a crushing blow on so many levels. For women’s basketball the hopes is their legacy will continue to propel the talent of the athletes and the work of those trying to elevate the women’s game forward until equal footing has been achieved.
Read moreThe All Canada Classic (a.k.a. the Rumble in the T-Dot) National High School All-Star Basketball Celebration run by P.H.A.S.E. 1 still stands as Canada’s 1st and longest run national high school all-star game. From 2001-2012, the All Canada Classic consistently featured the biggest names in Canadian boy’s and girl’s high school basketball under the same roof
Read moreThe groundswell of energy from the older generation of Canadian basketball pioneers and long time Toronto Raptors fans is a byproduct of being forced into a forbidden love affair with basketball because hockey was the bride chosen for us.
Read moreIt has been 7yrs since P.H.A.S.E.1 ran a basketball program in Canada but we are extremely proud that 25 of
Read moreAccording to the dominant consensus, to call Eastern Michigan University Men’s Basketball Team the “underdogs” against the mighty Duke Blue Devil’s on Wednesday November 14, 2019 would be an understatement.
Read moreThank you to all the teachers and administration at West Hill for the commitment to the success of these student athletes. A culture of excellence is not by accident but by design and together we can be proud of the legacy that was created.
Read more