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Eagles Nest avenge double whammy
IT was payback time for the Eagles Nest as they avenged a double whammy from Macedonia Baptist to start the Baptist Sports Council’s 2014 Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.
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Meacher 'Pain' Major to square off with Brazilian Roger Rosa on December 5
AFTER a year of inactivity, Meacher ‘Pain’ Major is preparing to return to the boxing ring where he will take on the same opponent that he faced in his last appearance.
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'Pain' to face undefeated Mexican in lightweight showdown on Dec. 15
AFTER having his four game winning streak snapped with an injury to his right wrist in his last bout on May 12, Meacher ‘Pain’ Major has decided to return to his long-time American coach Anthony ‘Chills’ Wilson in Hollywood, Florida, to prepare for his next fight.
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Undefeated 'Reno' to face Curtis Stevens next month
AFTER a little over a year of inactivity, Taureano ‘Reno’ Johnson will be putting his undefeated record on the line when he faces Brooklyn middleweight Curtis Stevens on April 4.
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Leevan's road to recovery
It has been a long road to recovery for triple jumper Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands since the 2012 Olympic Games. But the national record holder said his progress is going so great that he anticipates that he should be ready to compete at the Commonwealth Games this year.
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Quotes of the day
Quotes of the day I'm a 20 year old, COB student, and a first time voter. I'm so proud to be able to have a job in this country, and to also be on a COB scholarship! Don't know HOW ppl could still vote PLP. I Can't wait until I get off at 12pm sharp to v
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Hield aims for medal
FOR the past three trips he’s been on, Carl Hield has always travelled with a Bahamian partner. This time, he’s making the trek alone to compete at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Boxing Championships.
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Hurdler Gibson hoping 2019 will be banner year
AFTER a rarely quiet year since winning the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, in April, Bahamas national 400 metre hurdles record holder Jeffery Gibson is hoping to have a banner year in 2019. “I’m setting some goal
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'Fireman' getting ready for indoor season
AFTER deciding to skip the remainder of the outdoor season, including the 16th IAAF World Championships last year, quarter-miler Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown is preparing to return to the indoor season where he’s had a great deal of success.Undoubtedly, the
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Shavez Hart burning up the track
TEXAS A&M senior sprinter Shavez Hart had another impressive showing on the track for the Aggies this weekend as he rewrote the school record books and the IAAF top list on the season.
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Bahamian insurer ‘bolstered’ after hurricane losses
* Security and General in Q4 capital injection * Performance ‘marginal’, ‘below average’ * Rival Summit also gets top ratings
A MAJOR Bahamian insurer has seen its balance sheet “bolstered” by its parent as a result of recent hurricane-related losses. A. M. Best, the insurance rating agency, said Security and General Insurance Company had received a fourth quarter capital injection from its Bermuda-based owner following recent storm payouts. The rating agency, which reaffirmed the Bahamian property and casualty insurer’s creditworthiness, provided few details and its top executive, Marlon Graham, did not return Tribune Business’s voice mail message yesterday seeking comment.
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Shavez Hart helps Texas A&M Aggies capture 4x400 relay
SHAVEZ Hart may not have had the type of performance he anticipated in the men’s 200 metres at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. But he walked away with a bit of history as he helped the Texas A&M Aggies men capture the 4 x 400m relay in grand style.
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Summit’s peak rating a timely confidence boost
Summit Insurance Company’s president yesterday said its ‘A grade’ rating from A. M. Best had provided a timely confidence boost for clients in Hurricane Matthew’s wake.
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DC Pratt to make boxing debut 'in near future'
WITH the constant struggle to find Muay Thai bouts, DC Pratt has shifted his focus to making a boxing debut in the near future.
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Usain Bolt to face Asafa Powell
By OLIVER GRASSMAN Associated Press OSLO (AP) -- There was less of a show in Usain Bolt's arrival to the Diamond League meet in Oslo, although the world's fastest man is no less confident that his form -- and his starts -- will peak at the London Olympics.
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2013 National Softball Championships BSF presents awards to deserving athletes
Following the completion of the men’s championship game, the Bahamas Softball Federation presented the awards to the deserving athletes for their performances during the 2013 National Softball Championships held at the Banker’s Field, Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, over the weekend.
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'I'm in a very good place right now'
ARIANNA Vanderpool-Wallace has some unfinished business to take care of before her celebrated 2014 swimming season is over.
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Larikah prepares to regain No.1 spot
AFTER sitting out last year, Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell is already in town and preparing to regain her No.1 spot in the women’s division of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association.
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'I'm afraid and worried. I just feel like I'm in a hole even talking about this'
LIFE for Juliet Dann has never been harder than it is now. The 48-year-old is caring for her four children, including one who is suffering from a debilitating eye disease in the United States, while sometimes living in a house without necessities as
