Blue Flames win second title in league history
It was a storybook ending for the Our Lady’s Blue Flames basketball team as they closed out the Catholic Diocesan Primary Schools Basketball League with a two game sweep to claim the second title in league history.
Fireman's invite set for April 13
Chris “Fireman” Brown feels that it was a blessing in disguise that his Bahamas Invitational Track and Field Meet didn’t come off.
'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.
'We are playing pretty good right now'
COACH Sherman Smith has the Carlton E Francis boys and girls primary school basketball teams on a roll.
Giants rout the Crimestoppers 113-94
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants proved why they are the defending New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions as they pulled off their biggest challenge so far this year by defeating the Royal Bahamas Police Force Crimestoppers 113-94 at CI Gibson Gym Monday night.
Bahamas wins gold
Prince Wilson, Renaldo Forbes and Byron Ferguson came up big as they helped the Bahamas men’s national volleyball team to go undefeated and win the gold medal in Group A of the NORCECA 2014 FIVB Men’s World Championship qualifiers over the weekend.
Thomas Robinson remembered as “Sir Tommy”
THOMAS Augustus Robinson was remembered as “Sir Tommy, Daddy, Gus, a gifted athlete, the Great One, a leader, a mentor and a giant of a man” as tributes were heaped upon him during a memorial service at the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium that he helped to create over the past five years.
Blue flames win opener in best-of-three series
THE pennant winning Our Lady’s Blue Flames rode the high scoring duo of their versatile bigs all the way to a game one win in the Catholic Primary Schools Basketball Championship series.
Dimitri and the Hokies to face Rutgers
A productive NCAA freshman season will end in a post season appearance for Demitri Knowles and the Virginia Tech Hokies.
RBDF Floaters sweep the Police Interceptors for 3rd straight title
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force Floaters have once again proven to be the standard bearer of slow pitch softball in the Bahamas after winning their third consecutive championship in the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association (BGDSA) league.
National volleyball team wins NORCECA qualifier
Mission accomplished. The Bahamas men’s national team proved why they are champions of the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Championship that was recently held in US Virgin Islands, St Croix, as they went to Willemsted, Curacao, and dominated the round robin play at the 2014 NORCECA World Championship Men’s Group A qualifiers at the International School of Curacao.
Major Jr wins first all-Bahamian ITF Goombay Splash Final
KEVIN Major Jr had to dig down deep to hold off a resilient Shaquille ‘Shaq’ Taylor to win the boys 18-and-under singles title to wrap up an historic week for the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association as the Bahamians dominated just about every category at the International Tennis Federation’s fourth annual Goombay Splash Bowl.
A splash in history
Kevin Major Jr and Shaquille Taylor have made history as the first two Bahamian male tennis players to advance to the semifinal of an ITF Junior Circuit Tournament.
Rattlers, Cobras not eligible for playoffs, championship
WHENEVER the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association resumes its senior boys basketball season in the new year, they will have to do it with both powerhouses – CI Gibson Rattlers and CC Sweeting Cobras – on the sidelines.
PM attends memorial service for Tom 'The Bird' Grant
PRIME Minister Perry Christie highlighted the list of dignitaries on hand to pay their respects to the late Tom Grant at the Tom ‘The Bird’ Grant Park in Yellow Elder.
