Sportsnet, Canada Basketball to launch international showcase GLOBL JAM this summer

TORONTO — Rogers Sports and Media’s Sportsnet and Canada Basketball yesterday unveiled plans to launch GLOBL JAM, an event they are calling “a first-of-its-kind international basketball showcase in Canada.” Scheduled to take place in Toronto from July 5-10, GLOBL JAM “will shine the international spotlight on the game’s rising stars and feature women’s and men’s teams from around the world competing in an Under-23 tournament live at Mattamy Athletic Centre and broadcast nationally on Sportsnet,” explains a press release. GLOBL JAM will also feature festivities at Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto celebrating “the intersection of sport, art and culture”, as...