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Chavez Young homers on rehab assignment in Single A
CHAVEZ Young continues to work his way back from an early season injury in his second stint with the Dunedin Blue Jay of the Single-A Florida State League.
New Legend, New Susan Chase and Xena victorious
53RD ANNUAL LONG ISLAND REGATTA IN SALT POND
The 53rd annual Long Island Regatta was held over the weekend in Salt Pond, Long Island and was dubbed a tremendous success.
$25k prize to break vaccine hesitancy
PEOPLE who receive their first vaccination shot between December 13 and December 31 will be eligible to win a $25,000 cash prize.
Romad Dean ends season in OSBA final four
ROMAD Dean and the Crestwood Lions finished the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association season as one of the top prep programmes in all of Canada.
Long Island Regatta returns with major Sands sponsorship
REGATTAS are back! One of the country’s major cultural expressions has returned in full force and the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company Ltd. (BBB) is proud to be back in support.
Peter Galanos dies, aged 80
FORMER parliamentarian and insurance businessman Peter Galanos died at his home early yesterday morning at the age of 80.
NPBA Championships: Rockets sweep Giants
WHILE the Discount Distributors Rockets celebrated with a three-game sweep of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one championship series, dethroning the Commonwealth Bank Giants, the division II series between the Sun Oil Rockets and the Your Essential Store (YES) Giants will go right down to the wire in the fifth and deciding game.
Tourism demand up over 50% in vital US markets
The Bahamas’ key visitor source markets are “all up double digits” on tourism demand, it was revealed yesterday, with New York and Florida ahead by 56 percent and 40 percent respectively.
MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's acrimonious lockout ended Thursday when a divided players' association voted to accept management's offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7.
Sunset Pilot Club makes history in Grand Bahama
THE Sunset Pilot Club of Grand Bahama has made history as the first chartered co-ed Pilot Club on the island.
Pitcher Tahnaj Thomas invited to MLB spring training
TAHNAJ Thomas achieved another career milestone in the Pittsburgh Pirates organisation and is one of the club’s non-roster invitees to major league Spring Training in Bradenton, Florida.
Gorospe dominates Caribbean amateur junior golf
AIDEN Gorospe continues to be the top performer thus far for Team Bahamas at the 34th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Bahamian players make their presence felt in NCAA Division II Basketball
BAHAMIAN players have been active in early season play at the NCAA Division II level.
Cruise port hits 97% end-May occupancy
Passenger occupancies on vessels calling at Nassau Cruise Port in the final week of May exceeded 97 percent, it was revealed yesterday, signalling the sector is closing on full recovery from COVID-19’s ravages.
Jonquel Jones is the MVP frontrunner in EuroLeague
Jonquel Jones’ double double streak recently came to an end but she remains the frontrunner to claim another MVP award this season.
Sky get 101-95 double OT win over the Sun
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Courtney Vandersloot had the second triple-double in WNBA playoff history with 12 points, a league playoff-record 18 assists and 10 rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 101-95 in two overtimes last night in the opener of their best-of-five semifinal series.
Men’s national basketball team players take spotlight
POSTSEASON basketball continues for several Bahamian senior men’s national team players in their respective leagues throughout Europe and South America.
Chavez Young named player of the week
CHAVEZ Young has excelled with the Buffalo Bison since his return to Triple-A baseball and was recognised as the club’s Player of the Week.
‘Stagnant’: Fears for auto sales until 2023
Auto dealers fear new car sales will be “stagnant” for at least another year with global supply chain disruption causing order backlogs of up to 200 vehicles for some operators.
WORLD VIEW: No busting of sanctions against Russia
THE Caribbean cannot escape the economic and financial consequences of the Russian Federation’s invasion of the sovereign, independent nation of Ukraine.