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Thomas, Surprise Saguaros win AFL title

TAHNAJ Thomas’ Arizona Fall League season concluded with a championship title after his Surprise Saguaros rallied to win the longest postseason game in AFL history.

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Woodside-Johnson inducted into Murray State’s Hall of Fame

DIANNE Woodside-Johnson returned to her alma mater at Murray State University where she was one of eight athletes inducted into the 2022 Hall of Fame Class over the weekend in Murray, Kentucky.

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CARIFTA: Team Bahamas bringing home four medals

THE Bahamas national team is expected to return home from the CARIFTA Triathlon & Aquathlon Championships with a total of four medals, inclusive of a pair of silver and bronze each and a fifth place overall.

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‘Buddy’ Hield and Pacers off to surprising start

CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield’s sixth 20-point game of the year led the Indiana Pacers to a win on the road for what most NBA pundits have deemed a surprising start to the 2022-23 season.

McFall, McCoy off to good start in NCAA Div. ii

BOTH Johnathan McFall and Malachi McCoy got their senior seasons off to promising starts as the NCAA Division II basketball season tipped off last weekend in early season tournament play.

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Ontario Open Judo Championships: Xavion Johnson grabs the gold

IN his second tournament in two weeks in Canada, Bahamian rising judoka Xavion Johnson had to settle for a gold and a fifth place respectively in the Cadet and Senior divisions of the Ontario Open Judo Championships at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Center in Ontario.

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Bahamas secure hard-fought win over Panama

THE Bahamas men’s national team played with a lot of heart and grit right to the end, securing a hard fought 83-79 victory over Panama in the first of two games at home this weekend as the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier continued Friday night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

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Bahamas triathlon team off to CARIFTA

After a two-year hiatus, the Bahamas Triathlon Association is eager to send a national team off to compete in the fourth CARIFTA Triathlon.

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Major Jr wins opening match in the BLTA’s IC Junior Tennis Challenge

MICHAEL Major Jr, coming off his double championship victory at the FOCOL Junior Tennis Tournament held recently in Grand Bahama, won his opening match in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s IC Junior Tennis Challenge at the National Tennis Center.

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Denika Lightbourne commits to Dayton

AS she heads into the final year of her stellar prep basketball career, Bahamas national team standout Denika Lightbourne ended her sought after recruitment by committing to a Division I programme.

Cayman Prep, St Andrew’s emerge as champions in LCIS KPMG Football Fest

LYFORD Cay International School (LCIS) hosted its 9th KPMG Football Fest last weekend.

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Optimist North American Sailing Championships in Nassau next week

THE Optimist North American Championship (OPTINAM) is a large, high profile junior sailing event hosted annually at different locations around the North Americas and Caribbean.

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McCoy, McFall in NCAA Division II basketball season tip-off today

THE NCAA Division II NCAA basketball season tips off today and a pair of veteran Bahamian prospects look to build on their productive 2021-22 seasons.

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Shamar Burrows and Tigers nationally ranked at No. 10

AFTER the first two weeks of the season, Shamar Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers are nationally ranked at no.10 in Canada’s U Sports men’s basketball power rankings.

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Roadmasters’ Bahamas Half Series November 20

BAHAMAS Roadmasters Running Club (BRRC) is busily making final preparations to stage its 10th Annual Bahamas Half Race Series. Leading a list of notable sponsors is the renowned US-based health care provider, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA).