CEBL+ Broadcast Team Announced

With five days left to the start of its fifth season, the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced the broadcast team Friday that will deliver all the excitement of Canada’s professional basketball league to viewers across the country on the league’s OTT streaming platform, CEBL+ Powered By BetVictor and TSN+. The lineup covering all livestream games consists of 36 media personalities spread across all ten of the league’s markets.

TSN will provide live national broadcast coverage of the CEBL Game of the Week tipping off May 24 when the 2022 CEBL champion Brampton Honey Badgers head to the nation’s capital to face off against the Ottawa BlackJacks at TD Place Arena at 7:30 p.m. local. TSN and the CEBL will announce talent for all broadcast games at a later date. TSN’s CEBL broadcast schedule can be found here. 

The CEBL regular season schedule includes 10 tripleheaders and 24 doubleheaders with 38 games falling on weekends. The league’s 10 teams are divided into Eastern and Western Conferences for the first time in league history. The Western Conference includes the Calgary Surge, Edmonton Stingers, Saskatchewan Rattlers, Vancouver Bandits, and Winnipeg Sea Bears. The Eastern Conference includes the Brampton Honey Badgers, Montréal Alliance, Niagara River Lions, Ottawa BlackJacks, and Scarborough Shooting Stars. 

The full game schedule can be found here. The full postseason schedule will be announced later.

About CEBL

A league created by Canadians for Canadians with a mission to develop Canadian players, coaches, sports executives, and referees, the CEBL boasts the highest percentage of Canadian players of any pro league in the country with 71 per cent of its 2022 rosters being Canadian. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international pro leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. Nine players have moved from the CEBL into the NBA following a CEBL season, and 28 CEBL players attended NBA G League training camps last October. More information about the CEBL is available at CEBL.ca and @cebleague on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.

Meet the full CEBL+ Broadcast Lineup

AJ Jakubec

Jakubec is a 24-year sports broadcasting veteran, who has been at TSN 1200 Ottawa for 15 years after stops throughout British Columbia and his native Edmonton. Jakubec’s first basketball call was as the voice of the Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas from 2001-03. In Ottawa, he has brought the action to viewers and listeners during numerous Carleton Ravens and Ottawa Gee-Gees games, including the annual Capital Hoops Classic and multiple U SPORTS Championships. His local play-by-play experience includes work with the Ottawa REDBLACKS, Ottawa 67’s, Ottawa Senators, Edmonton Oil Kings, Atlético Ottawa, and Ottawa Fury FC, in addition to the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Amy Prokop

Amy Prokop joins the Saskatchewan Rattlers broadcast team for her first season as a colour analyst. Born and raised in Saskatoon, Amy had an illustrious career as a point guard with the University of Saskatchewan Huskie Women’s Basketball program (2004-2009), helping win their first Canada West championship and U SPORTS National Championship appearances. She sits third all-time in Huskie career assists and 5th in steals. Leaning into her multi-sport background, Amy is in her 9th year as an assistant coach with Huskie Women’s Soccer. On air, Amy has called Canada West Basketball Championship games and spoken about women in sport on CBC radio.

Andrew Damelin 

Andrew enters his third season covering the CEBL. He's 6'5, loves his wife, kids, eggs benedict and nifty post moves. His playing days may be over, but his passion for the grassroots game has never been stronger. 

Cami Kepke

Cami Kepke joins the Calgary Surge as the team’s sideline reporter. She brings seven years of award-winning television sports reporting to the table with a passion for supporting community teams. She’s previously shot, written, produced and anchored Global Calgary’s weekend sportscasts and provided local coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs, 2019 Heritage Classic and 2019 Grey Cup. Cami is thrilled to see a CEBL team land in Calgary after covering the Edmonton Stingers’ victory over Cangrejeros and Real Esteli at the Basketball Champions League Americas’ Calgary stop in 2022. She’s held down the sidelines for the 2023 Canada West Women’s Basketball Championship, 2022 U SPORTS Women’s Volleyball Championship, and University of Calgary Dinos Football games. She’s jumped on the mic to provide colour commentary and play-by-play for several sports and leagues ranging from university volleyball to the QMJHL.

Christian Aumell

After a mediocre high school basketball career, Christian turned his attention to the microphone where he has lots of experience calling games. He served as the play-by-play voice of the Western Mustangs for three years before moving to Winnipeg where he has called games for the University of Winnipeg Wesmen since 2016. In his day job, Christian hosts the CJOB Sports Show, covering the Winnipeg sports scene on a nightly basis.

Danielle Bain

Danielle Bain is a sports broadcaster from Mississauga who has pushed to make a name for herself in the industry through her dedication and passion for sports journalism. Beginning her career as a video journalist in Thunder Bay, she quickly established herself as a talented storyteller with a focus on sports. Transitioning to Ottawa, Danielle covered local sports and breaking news on television and radio, honing her skills as a versatile reporter. Finally, she made her return to Toronto, where she currently thrives as the rinkside reporter for the Toronto Marlies and content host for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Danielle can’t wait to bring her skills and enthusiasm to the basketball court this summer.

Danny Marchand

I love the game of basketball since High school. Allen Iverson was definitely my favorite player and made me fall in love with the game. Since 2008, I work for RDS (French television network) and for the past two years, I am the producer for every  basketball shows (NBA, CEBL, NCAA). I loved my first experience as a play by play this year for the NCAA final four with my collegues William Archambault and Peter Yannopoulos. It’s a real pleasure for me to be part of the announcing team for the 91,9.

Dave Crook

Crook’s  connection to basketball spans 60 years, he started coaching High School basketball in Winnipeg in 1976 and has been involved in the game ever since. Coaching 27 years as a university Head Coach and working in university sport since 1980 ( Crook was named U SPORTS Basketball COY in 2000).  In 2015, he was named athletic director of Wesmen Athletics and in 2022 named president of Canada West. Crook also spent a decade working with Canada Basketball including four years as the Head Coach of the Junior and Young Men’s National teams. In 2004 Crook’s Young Men’s team qualified for the World Championships in 2005 ( the first age group Canadian team to ever qualify) hosted in Argentina. At this event the Canadians knocked off the U.S.A. in the Quarter finals ( first time Canada had beaten the US in a FIBA sanctioned event). The team went on to defeat reigning age group World Champions Australia to win a bronze medal, Canada’s first men’s FIBA medal since the 1936 Olympics.

Dhanung Bulsara

Dhanung Bulsara, or commonly known as ‘D' enters his third season with CEBL as a sideline reporter. For the past two season's Dhanung patrolled the sidelines covering home games for the Guelph Nighthawks, Hamilton Honey Badgers & Niagara River Lions.  Last year also saw him cover his first post game season on national television with CBC Sports for the league. This summer you can catch Dhanung at Rogers Centre, in-game hosting for the Toronto Blue Jays. He spent the last two seasons with the Raptors 905 as an in-game host as well.

Doug McLean

It started with a bus trip to Lethbridge in 2001 when Doug McLean first called University of Alberta basketball. While he continues to call Pandas and Golden Bears hoops, he has been the voice of the Edmonton Stingers since their inception, and has called Basketball Champions League Americas, FIBA Olympic qualifying, FIBA 3x3, and Team USA at the FISU World University Games. In addition, he calls Canada West university football, and has broadcast hockey at the University of Alberta and at four FISU World University Games. During the day, Doug is a marketing, strategy, and leadership development consultant, primarily focused on the sport and tourism sectors.

Dwight Walton

Member of Canada's National Basketball Team, from 1986-1995. Assistant Coach for the Men's Basketball Program at Concordia University, in Montreal. Basketball Analyst for TSN 690 Radio in Montreal and a contributor to Sportsnet 590 The Fan, in Toronto. 

Elias El-Zein

El-Zein has become a true basketball insider. His understanding of the game as well as his knowledge of the Ottawa/Gatineau basketball community will be showcased throughout each broadcast, keeping the fans informed and engaged during every BlackJacks game. El-Zein graduated in Radio Broadcasting at Algonquin College in 2012 and then specialized in Sports Broadcasting. During the 2014-15 U SPORTS season, El-Zein became the play-by-play commentator for the Carleton Ravens men’s and women’s basketball teams. In March of 2016, El-Zein and his friends started a basketball podcast called 3-in-the Key. Two years later, they had their first live radio show on TSN 1200 Ottawa. 3-in-the Key is now live every Sunday at noon talking about the CEBL, NBA, NCAA and U SPORTS. Roaming the CEBL sidelines this season, El-Zein will bring details from within the huddles to fans watching and listening at home.

Esfandiar Baraheni

Esfandiar Baraheni is an Iranian-Canadian NBA Reporter and content creator who has worked for publications like TheScore, Raptors Republic, and Def Pen in the past. He is currently the Lead NBA Reporter for the Steve Dangle Podcast Network (SDPN) in Toronto, covering the Raptors and writing about the NBA. Esfandiar prides himself on trying to connect the technical and schematic aspects of basketball with meaningful storytelling either through interviews, videos, or written work. 

Fabienne Blizzard

Fabienne Blizzard played basketball and graduated from Ottawa University. As the point guard, she was awarded Rookie of the year, MVP, Best Defensive Player, OUA All-Star, Athlete of the year and was inducted in the Hall of Fame for Ottawa University. She had the pleasure of coaching at every level in basketball (Grassroots, Club, University, College, Regional, Provincial, National and Professional) and has also had the opportunity to assist and coach with the NBA Basketball Without Boarders, Senegal SEED Forum and NBA Academy guest coach.

Gabriela Herbert

​​After playing U SPORTS basketball with McGill university, where she helped winning 5x provincials championships and helped lay the foundations for the eventual Bronze Baby winning Martlets, Gabriela Hébert started getting involved in broadcasts. She participated as an analyst for different provincial and national women’s basketball championships in the last few years. She is also the season analyst for both the women and men’s program at McGill university. You can also catch her on RDS during NBA half-time show as she discusses news in the world of basketball. She also joined the Montreal Alliance as their local sideline reporter for their first season in the CEBL.

Heather Morrison

Heather Morrison is a broadcaster, sideline reporter, and public speaking coach from Saskatoon, SK. This is Heather’s third season with the CEBL and she has also patrolled the sidelines for Canada West Football. She spent three years as an associate producer with CBC Saskatchewan, where she was a backfill host for their radio programs and for TV weather. Before that, Heather had a long career in the arts working as an actress, producer, writer, and director. She is the founder and CEO of Deliver Your Best public speaking coaching. A fan of all sports, Heather has played soccer for more than 30 years. 

Jamaine Cummings

Jamaine Cummings joins the Calgary Surge as the team’s colour commentator. Cummings served as the colour commentator for the SAIT Trojans basketball team from 2016 to 2023 and for the Okotoks Dawgs baseball team in 2022. He was the colour commentator at the 2023 ACAC Men’s Basketball Provincial Championship and at the 2023 CCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. He is also a member of the YYCSOLEdiers, Calgary’s longest-running sneaker club and the Master of Ceremonies for the club’s annual Sneaker Swap Event.

Joe Raso

Joe Raso has been involved in all levels of basketball for over 35 years. Joe is the all time winningest Head Coach in McMaster University history, while coaching his team to four OUA championships and four silver medals at the CIS National Championships. Joe has also worked on the international level as the Head Scout for the Canadian Men’s National team, as well as an assistant for four years. He has previously been the general manager and head coach of the Niagara River lions of the CEBL. Currently, Joe is the Senior Director of Operations for the CEBL, as well as a TV analyst for the CEBL, FIBA, CBC, and TSN. 

Joey Slattery

Joey has been with CTV News for the last ten years with stops in Northern Ontario, Regina, Edmonton and Winnipeg where he currently resides. An experienced video journalist, news anchor and host, he’s currently the sports director at CTV Winnipeg, and is excited to be working the sidelines for the Sea Bears’ first CEBL season in Winnipeg.

Korry Brankin

Korry Brankin is a Carleton University student in the Communications and Media Studies program where she has worked as a colour commentator for the National Champion Carleton Ravens Basketball Program for two seasons and sat in the analyst chair for the Ottawa BlackJacks in four games last season. Growing up playing sports, Korry fell in love with basketball at an early age and loved to break down the game which has led her to pursuing a career in broadcasting.

Lindsay Horsting

Lindsey was born and raised in Aldergrove, B.C., and is thrilled to be back for her sophomore season with the Bandits. She is currently a host of “OT with Lina and Lindsey” on Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver, and provides WNBA coverage for Winsidr. Her love of sports took her to Syracuse University where she earned her Masters in Broadcast and Digital Journalism and covered the Orange women’s and men’s NCAA Final Four runs in 2016. Her career started in New York at MLB and the NBA on the digital content teams before returning to B.C. to work in newspaper, radio, and television.

Marc Majeau

CEBL Sideline Reporter for Edmonton. Entering his fifth season on the sidelines for the Stingers. Current broadcaster for Canada West (University of Alberta Golden Bears + Pandas Basketball and University of Alberta Football). Formerly worked for TSN 1260 as a producer/host, and Edmonton Elks as web/podcast host. 

Matt Bonomi

Matt Bonomi is a play-by-play commentator and sports media professional. As a fan of the sport, Bonomi has called over 150 Canadian university basketball games as the voice of the Brock Badgers. In 2020, he earned the OUA Broadcaster of the Year Award. In addition, Bonomi was on the call for the 2023 CCAA Women’s Canadian College Basketball Championships and two windows of the 2023 FIBA Basketball Champions League of Americas, featuring the 2022 CEBL champion Honey Badgers.  Bonomi is a 2019 graduate of Brock University (Sport Management), and a 2022 graduate from the Ontario College of Sports Media. 

Matt Cullen

Matt Cullen is back for his third year as a play-by-play commentator with the CEBL. Excited to share his passion for basketball, Matt regularly covers the Raptors and the Raptors 905 during the winter season. He has called play-by-play in the NBA for Raptors Radio and has also been the voice of the Raptors 905 in the NBA G League for the past four years.  Outside of basketball, Matt has handled a wide variety of play-by-play duties at the past three Olympic Games for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He is also currently working as a bilingual commentator (English-French) for Apple TV's coverage of Major League Soccer. 

Moe Khan

My name is Moe Khan, and I am proud to be the play by play voice of the Montreal Alliance broadcast team for the second consecutive season in the CEBL. Since 2012, I have been calling games in various varsity sports for McGill University in U SPORTS, Champlain St-Lambert in the CCAA, and across Quebec sports. I worked for TSN 690 as a fill-in producer, field reporter, and guest booker for their daily shows. Currently, I am the host for The Montreal Gazette’s Hockey Inside/Out show. I look forward to bringing passion, knowledge, and a fair broadcast where the artistic actions of these players will be on full display for the league’s supporters to enjoy during the upcoming season. It is an exciting time to be a basketball fan in Canada.

Miah-Marie Langlois

Miah-Marie Langlois, hailing from Windsor, Ontario, has had an extraordinary basketball journey. During her university career, she led her team to a remarkable feat of winning four consecutive Canadian National Championships, while also being recognized as Canada's Defensive Player of the Year and Canadian National tournament MVP three times each. Miah-Marie's success continued on the international stage, representing Canada for seven years, earning several international gold medals and competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Notably, she played a crucial role in Canada's victory at the Olympic Qualifier Tournament, paving the way to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. After retiring, Miah-Marie showcased her talents working at MLSE, skillfully merging sports, community, and business. She also excelled in broadcasting for the Toronto 905, sharing her knowledge of the game on a wider scale.

Mitch Peacock

Mitch Peacock joins the Calgary Surge as the team’s play-by-play announcer. Peacock comes to the Surge after a winter of calling World Cup alpine snowboard events and action from Europe’s Champions Hockey League. Last year, the versatile play-by-play announcer worked his fifth Olympics with CBC. He has been in the booth for short-track speed skating, diving, soccer, field hockey, and freestyle skiing. He was also a former rink reporter on Hockey Night in Canada, host of Calgary Flames Radio, and Fox Soccer Report Anchor.

Paul Sir

Paul Sir has spent his lifetime immersed in the game he loves. After playing at the university and pro levels, he coached at all levels for over 25 years. Paul is the Executive Director at the Alberta Basketball Association and the 3x3 Managing Director at Canada Basketball. He hosted The Basketball Show on TSN1260 for over 5 years and is the creator and host of The Basketball Show Podcast Network. He has been an analyst for the FIBA 3x3 events including the 2019 World Championships and the 2019 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 'I am excited to call the Edmonton Stingers games during this COVID Comeback Season! Our broadcast team will strive to capture the CEBL's exciting brand of basketball for our viewers. It is great to have basketball back in Canada.

Ransford Brempong

Ransford Brempong is a basketball savant and lifer of the game. From Thornhill, Ontario Brempong was cultivated in the extremely competitive Toronto basketball scene in the last 90’s/early 2000’s. He was a five year starter at Western Carolina University where he broke the conference's all time shot block record. He then went on to play on the Canadian National Team for 8 yrs. Brempong also played professionally until the age of 39. Playing in Europe before playing his last season for the Vancouver Bandits in the inaugural season of the CEBL. Brempong has lived in Vancouver for the past 12 yrs where he coaches in the basketball community, and is now entering into his 3rd season as the colour commentator for the Bandits. 

Rob Fai

Rob Fai returns for his third season behind the microphone in Vancouver calling Bandits games alongside Ransford Brempong, and Lindsay Horsting. A Paul Carson Award recipient for play-by-play excellence in British Columbia, Rob also lends his voice to EA Sports NHL Hockey, and was inducted into the Vancouver Canadians Hall of Fame after 15 seasons of calling professional baseball. Rob has also worked within the TSN family hosting Rob Fai Nation Radio, and currently hosts talk shows on both CKNW 980 in Vancouver as well as 640 Toronto. He lives in Pitt Meadows with his wife Christina, and dog, Patches.

Rod Black

Rod Black is an award-winning broadcast personality and joins the CEBL as a play-by-play commentator for his second season in Scarborough. Rod has been around several important sporting events in international history, including multiple Olympic games and PGA tournaments. He is also known for calling Toronto Blue Jays games and was part of the pregame coverage team for both the 1992 and 1993 World Series victories. After a long career at TSN and CTV where he also covered the Toronto Raptors, Rod is currently the host and brand ambassador for NorthStar Gaming, a Canadian-owned gaming brand.

Ryan Flaherty

A veteran of ten years in TV news & sports, Ryan currently works as a freelance broadcaster including serving as a play-by-play voice of USask Huskies basketball, hockey and soccer and a sideline reporter for Canada West football. He's also the creator and host of Good Sports, a YouTube series covering local sports in Saskatoon. Ryan has been involved with the CEBL since its inception, first as a reporter covering the Rattlers inaugural championship run and more recently as the team's pre-game show host and PA announcer.

Sean Woodley

Sean Woodley has been involved with the CEBL since its inaugural season, calling play-by-play for games in 2019 and during the 2020 Summer Series, before moving to the studio to host CEBL Weekly on the CEBL Plus throughout the 2021 season. He has also been the host of the daily Locked On Raptors podcast since 2016, called play-by-play at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta, and was formerly a host on TSN 1150 Radio in Hamilton from 2018 to 2021.

Simon Hiatt

Simon Hiatt is a native Saskatonian and a media fixture in the city. His career at Shaw Spotlight began in 1997, covering news, sports, entertainment, and human-interest stories as a reporter and host. He has reviewed movies and is an award-winning filmmaker. He has served as the play-by-play voice for the U of S Huskies basketball teams and the voice of the Rattlers since their inaugural season, during which they claimed the league title, with Simon on the call in the championship game. He and his wife Joy live in Saskatoon with a cranky cat and an unruly puppy. 

Warren Ward

Warren Ward is a former Canadian professional basketball player. He attended the University of Ottawa before embarking on a 6 year professional career spent playing in countries such as Germany, France, Spain, and Canada. Warren currently is a radio broadcaster for TSN with the Toronto Raptors as well as a television broadcaster for the Raptors 905. This is Warren’s second season with the CEBL and the Scarborough Shooting Stars, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience articulated through the mic.

William Thériault

William Thériault is the Montréal Alliance's french play-by-play commentator. He has been covering the NBA, NCAA, FIBA and CEBL on different sports and news platforms since 2016. William currently works as a journalist for french newspaper La Presse, as well as hosting AlleyOop360, a weekly basketball-related radio show which airs on BPM Sports in the province of Québec. He was also part of the Alliance's 2022 inaugural season broadcast team, as its sideline reporter. At 21 years old, he hopes to continue to witness the development of pro basketball around Montreal while sharing his passion for the game.

Woodwendy Seraphin

Woodwendy Seraphin is a dedicated basketball coach with over 12 years of experience. He  is currently coaching at College Jean de Brebeuf in Montreal and is the co-founder of the highly successful basketball program, Dynastie Basketball. Woodwendy is also responsible for the development of basketball at the non-profit organization Sun Youth. With a passion for teaching and developing young players, Woodwendy has become an integral part of the Montreal basketball community.