It was July 1st, a little after midnight, when Nik Stauskas' fiance Alex turned to him with a curious query. "Are you nervous?" she asked, as Stauskas brushed his teeth. The couple had been enjoying a quiet vacation at Alex's family beach house in Avalon, New Jersey, just as NBA free agency opened and Stauskas, for the first time in his professional life, was in control of his own destiny. After spending three turbulent seasons languishing on some of the most dysfunctional and downtrodden teams in NBA history, during which his lifelong love of basketball had been tested, Stauskas would finally be given the chance to join a winner, reigniting his joy for the game. But he figured this chance would have to wait a few days. The NBA's most coveted player, LeBron James, was on the market and Stauskas figured players like him, those who had been cast aside and were looking to resurrect their careers, would have to wait for the dominoes of James' decision to fall. Stauskas … [Read more...] about Portland Trail Blazers give Nik Stauskas, aka Sauce Castillo, another chance at basketball fun
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Think you know Lake Superior? A 1,300-mile route gives new perspective
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE / TNS Kayakers paddle along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, along the south shore of Lake Superior — one of the highlights along the 1,300-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour.MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE / TNS The Scenic High Falls on the Magpie River near Wawa, Ontario — one of the stops along the 1,300-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour.MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE / TNS Whitefish Point Lighthouse is the oldest operating light on Lake Superior and is located next to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., one of the highlights on the 1,300-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour. Vibrant blue-green water lapped at my kayak, bobbing beside towering sandstone cliffs. Seagulls squawked overhead. The water that sprayed from my paddle was ice-cold, a reminder that I was paddling the largest — and coldest — of the Great Lakes. As I toured Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, I could hardly … [Read more...] about Think you know Lake Superior? A 1,300-mile route gives new perspective
Think you know Lake Superior? Completing 1,300 mile route gives new perspective on Great Lake
Vibrant blue-green water lapped at my kayak, bobbing beside towering sandstone cliffs. Seagulls squawked overhead. The water that sprayed from my paddle was ice-cold, a reminder that I was paddling the largest — and coldest — of the Great Lakes. As I toured Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, I could hardly believe that this dramatic landscape was part of the same lake I’ve spent my life visiting on Minnesota’s North Shore. My memories of granite outcrops and pebble beaches didn’t match the Caribbean hues and multicolored cliffs of Michigan’s south shore. This fresh view is why I wanted to complete the Lake Superior Circle Tour — a 1,300-mile route around the world’s largest freshwater lake. As a Minnesotan, I had mistakenly believed I knew the lake and all it had to offer. But after a weeklong road trip around it totaling 1,700 miles with sightseeing, I realized how wrong I was. Minnesota claims only part … [Read more...] about Think you know Lake Superior? Completing 1,300 mile route gives new perspective on Great Lake
Deep beneath Lake Ontario, new high-speed cable will link Buffalo, Toronto
For the first time, workers are burying cable under Lake Ontario. It's a project connecting Buffalo and Toronto through high-capacity fiber optics. Some 35 miles of the 76-mile long cable will be buried under the lake. At its deepest point in the lake, the cable will be buried more than 465 feet below water’s surface. The fiber optics for transporting internet data will be bundled inside steel-armored cable, which is smaller than 2 inches in diameter. "People still have the impression the internet is going over satellite somewhere," said Mike Cunningham, the CEO of Toronto-based Crosslake Fibre. "But the reality is, (for) any kind of internet that is international, the vast majority essentially goes over submarine cable." The cable will begin at Toronto’s Ashbridges Bay Park. From there, it will travel under Lake Ontario to East Lake Road in Wilson. Concerns expressed in June by Wilson Supervisor Doyle H. Phillips to the state Department of Environmental Conservation … [Read more...] about Deep beneath Lake Ontario, new high-speed cable will link Buffalo, Toronto
LaVar Ball’s Junior Basketball Association debuts with a freewheeling style in front of small crowd
Josh Peter USA TODAY Published 3:47 p.m. UTC Jun 22, 2018 ONTARIO, Calif. — At the debut of LaVar Ball’s new professional basketball league Thursday night, he gave trophies and high fives to the special needs children who competed at halftime of the league’s two featured games. LaVar deserves a shiny trophy and a big high five, too. Dozens of young men who will never make the NBA, or the G League, or, if one day it comes to exist, even to the Z league, are getting paid to play basketball thanks to LaVar Ball. His Junior Basketball Association (JBA) features eight teams, comprised of players between the ages of 18 and 20, along with the youngest of his three sons, 16-year-old LaMelo. The league is being marketed as an alternative to the NCAA for kids who don’t want to, or weren’t academically eligible to, play college basketball. So, kudos to the biggest of Big Ballers. But the notion that this league is a viable business? That’s as farfetched … [Read more...] about LaVar Ball’s Junior Basketball Association debuts with a freewheeling style in front of small crowd