New broadcast team featuring Mike Magli and Tony Boniferro will bring more than 20 regular-season games to university basketball fans.
TruHous Media (True North Sports Radio/Saultsports TV) has unveiled its 2026-27 OUA Algoma Thunderbird women’s and men’s basketball broadcast schedule with more than 20+ regular-season games across platforms on the OUA TV and True North Sports Radio.
Live radio coverage of Algoma Thunderbirds women’s and men’s basketball will be available on True North Sports Radio, with streaming access through the Streaming Pulse app. Fans can also watch (PPV) OUA basketball through OUA.TV. TruHous Media’s 2026-27 broadcast schedule features more than 20 regular-season games, beginning October 23rd when the Thunderbirds host the Brock Badgers.
TruHous Media, the home of True North Sports Radio and Saultsports TV, has unveiled its broadcast schedule for the 2026-27 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s and men’s basketball seasons, with more than 20 regular-season games featuring the Algoma University Thunderbirds set to be covered across its broadcast platforms.
The upcoming season will also mark the beginning of a new era for Thunderbird basketball broadcasts, as Tony Boniferro joins longtime Algoma Thunderbirds play-by-play broadcaster Mike Magli to form a new broadcast team.
Magli and Boniferro will share play-by-play and commentating duties throughout the 2026-27 campaign, bringing their complementary experience and perspectives to coverage of both the women’s and men’s basketball teams.
The broadcast schedule opens Friday, October 23rd, when the Thunderbirds welcome the Brock Badgers to Sault Ste. Marie. The women’s game is scheduled for 6:00 p.m, followed by the men’s matchup at 8:00 p.m.
The opening weekend continues Saturday, October 24, with the Queen’s Gaels visiting the Thunderbirds. The women’s game tips off at 6:00 p.m, with the men’s contest following at 8:00 p.m.
The schedule will feature more than 20 regular-season broadcasts, providing university basketball fans with opportunities to follow the Thunderbirds throughout the OUA season. The regular-season broadcast slate concludes February 12th and 13th, 2027, when the Windsor Lancers travel to Sault Ste. Marie for the final scheduled weekend of coverage.
Live broadcasts of Algoma Thunderbirds women’s and men’s basketball will be available through True North Sports Radio and the Streaming Pulse app. Additional coverage will be available through OUA TV, giving fans multiple ways to follow the action throughout the season.
True North Sports Radio will deliver baseline-to-baseline coverage of Thunderbird basketball, keeping listeners connected to the excitement of OUA competition both at home and on the go.
The addition of Boniferro alongside Magli represents an important step forward for TruHous Media’s coverage of Algoma University athletics. With two broadcasters sharing the call, Thunderbirds fans can look forward to a new broadcast dynamic while continuing to follow the university’s women’s and men’s teams throughout the 2026-27 season.
The new broadcast team gets underway October 23 as the Algoma Thunderbirds open their regular-season home schedule against the Brock Badgers, launching another season of university basketball coverage on True North Sports Radio and Saultsports TV.
Download Streaming Pulse app for IOS and Android an search True North Sports Radio for your coverage of the 2026-27 women’s and men’s basketball OUA regular season. Visit True North Sports Radio today.
Broadcast Schedule
Oct 23 (Fri) 6:00/8:00PM
Brock Badgers @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Oct 24 (Sat) 6:00/8:00PM
Queen’s Gaels @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Nov 5 (Thu) 6:00/8:00PM
Laurentian Voyageurs @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Nov 7 (Sat) 2:00/4:00 PM
York Lions @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Nov 20 (Fri) 6:00/8:00PM
Ontario Tech Ridgebacs@ Algoma Thunderbirds
Nov 21 (Sat) 6:00/8:00 PM
Nipissing Lakers @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Jan 15 (Fri) 6:00/8:00 PM
Guelph Gryphons @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Jan 16 (Sat) 4:00/6:00 PM
Guelph Gryphons @ Algoma Thunderbirds
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Feb 5 (Fri) 6:00/8:00 PM
Western Mustangs @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Feb 6 (Sat) 3:00/5:00 PM
Western Mustangs @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Feb 12 (Fri) 6:00/8:00 PM
Windsor Lancers @ Algoma Thunderbirds
Feb 13 (Sat) 4:00/6:00 PM
Windsor Lancers @ Algoma Thunderbirds
