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Summer Savoury will add some flavour to The Guardian every Friday. Bob Gray welcomes comments from readers. He can be reached at bgray@pei.sympatico.ca or can be found hanging out on the deck of a restaurant near you.

All articles of Bob Gray

• Storm moving in... or out... or not?
  It's time for the annual second season for the Summerside Storm. The first season consists of all those games and players and fans and excitement ...
• NBL final features scheduling nightmare
  Awkward, to say the least. That's the only word for the scheduling of the National Basketball League of Canada's championship series, in which ...
• Welcome to Plummerville!
  After a thrilling playoff win Tuesday night, that's the new name of the small space under the basket at the north end of the Summerside ...
• Chicago Public School system aiding Storm!
  And maybe a feed of lobsters in a few weeks. And then perhaps some mussels and a bag of potatoes. The Summerside Storm still has a strong ...
• Making the right calls
  Right at the feet of the owners, that’s where. Most of the time, owners of professional sports teams are mostly good only for complaining while ...
• Math heaven in NBL of Canada
  We're making a list, and checking it twice of course. We don't much care if you've been naughty or nice (although we lean toward nice, as a ...
• Perfect week for Storm
  If they indeed could imagine something better, then they obviously have very big dreams.And there's no reason they shouldn't, as they wake up ...
• Eye of the Storm is on Atlantic Division crown
  When the National Basketball League of Canada's 2012-2013 schedule first came out last summer, it became immediately obvious to followers of the ...
• Whoever’s responsible for schedule needs a stern...
  The basketball team that plays out of Credit Union Place?We're beginning to forget what they look like.They last played at home on Valentine's ...
• Storm announces huge ‘Pilates Party’
  Actually, I am completely sure that it will be.The Summerside Storm has announced a huge 'Pilates Party' for their annual Islander Day (February ...
• Weather explosion
  There were crashes of Lightning, Storm warnings everywhere, and it all finished up with a downpour in Halifax. At long last, this late in the ...
• Turner getting fresh start in Summerside
  Turner is the absurdly talented point guard the Storm signed this week to back up Al Stewart. He suits up for the first time on Thursday, when ...
• Can Storm continue hot play?
  And the Summerside Storm is definitely hot, winners of four straight as they prepare to play the Saint John Mill Rats tonight (Thursday) in ...
• Let’s play Double Jeopardy
  (Applause)“Alex, I’d like ‘Basketball’ for 600.”“All right. Basketball for $600. And the answer is. . . ‘The Summerside Storm.’ “Ken, what ...
• A new Storm’s a brewin’
  After frantic comings and goings on the roster during December, the remade Storm showed off their new dudes in a three-game holiday set at home ...
• Holmes’ stay was brief but interesting
  Why, it’s our latest hero, Ralphy Holmes, who this week – somewhat like Butch and Sundance years ago – headed south into a combination of legend ...
• Storm should now be instant title contenders
  Of course, that’s just on paper, and the games are played on hardwood. Sometimes the two don’t match. It will be fascinating to see how quickly ...
• Fascinating week in Stormland
  In the past seven days, Storm players have appeared in an amazing array of strange places – in Christmas parades across the land, and even on the ...
• Valuable lessons to be learned from trade that wasn’t
  But it's (ostensibly) grown-up people running a high-profile business, and it's about real live basketball players. So there's just whining. Lots ...
• Stewart closing in on milestones
  Get another one, I would hope. And that's what Summerside Storm point guard Al Stewart will certainly do Thursday night as the road-weary Storm ...
• A rosy look at Storm
  Now where have we heard that before? Hmmm. Let me just think for a while as we take a rosy look at the Summerside Storm.The Storm has a perfect ...
• No more talk of last year
  "We are done comparing last year's team to this year's," said Summerside Storm head coach Joe Salerno this week. "New team, new season. Last year ...
• Storm players everywhere as preparations continue...
  Or maybe dressed up as members of the Summerside Storm. "Hey, those actually were the Storm!"Storm players were out and about on the streets of ...
• Veteran point guard sees big things ahead for Storm
  The veteran point guard was watching his Summerside Storm teammates warm up for their intra-squad game Tuesday night at UPEI, and his enthusiasm ...
• Storm already looking ahead to Year 2
  I am totally ready to help the Summerside Storm recruit players for next year. For those of you under the age of 75, and unfamiliar with their ...
• A look at NBL of Canada’s all-star selection process
  Happy Leap Day!My biggest concern about Leap Day is its timing. I get the idea that the actual one-year revolution of the earth around the sun is ...
• Busy Islander Day coming up for Storm
  Of course, the Storm had seized upon the Islander Day holiday with undisguised glee right from the start of the winter, as just a jim-dandy ...
• Storm looks to make things interesting
  Their only option appears to be to grin weakly, emit a big "Gulp" and beat their feet as fast as they can.The Storm is four games back of the ...
• Time becoming a factor for Storm
  Really!But maybe tomorrow should be called Mill Rat Day this year. No reason, why not? Rat, Groundhog – not really much difference when you look ...
• Time for Storm to say playoff prayers
  The Summerside Storm better start saying their playoff prayers. And real soon. They have to catch a Rat. Or rather a whole team of them.The Storm ...