‘JJ’ cans season high 28pts
JONQUEL Jones celebrated Tuesday’s new contract announcement with the Connecticut Sun with her most dominant performance on the FIBA EuroLeague Women’s circuit.
BLTA ‘Play Tennis Bahamas’ Spring Saturday
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association ‘Play Tennis Bahamas” Spring Session is set to begin 9am Saturday, February 5 at The National Tennis Centre.
Sun re-sign reigning MVP Jonquel Jones to a multi-year contract
GRAND Bahamian native Jonquel Jones didn’t waste any time on her future in the Women’s National Basketball Association after she signed the core qualifying offer to remain with the Connecticut Sun yesterday as players began their free agent signing process.
Burrows officiates at fastpitch tourney in Fort Myers
AFTER heading off to officiate in a series of baseball tournaments, Martin ‘Pork’ Burrows finally got a chance to display his skills as an umpire in a fastpitch tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic broke in 2020.
Titans softball in Fastpitch Classic
WITHOUT any local tournaments to compete in, the newly formed Titans softball team got a chance to travel to Fort Myers, Florida, to participate in the USA 2022 Winter Men’s Fastpitch Classic over the weekend.
Kai Jones cans 13 points with 17 rebounds and three blocks
Dominates in G-League days after making his first NBA three point field goal
Just days after Charlotte Hornets rookie forward Kai Jones made an NBA milestone with his first three-point field goal, he was back in the G-League affiliate Greensboro Swarm with another dominant performance.
Triple jumper Charisma Taylor off to impressive start
FORMER Queen’s College versatile track and field star Charisma Taylor is enjoying a phenomenal graduate transitional year from Washington State College to a Lady Volunteer at the University of Tennessee.
McPhee-McCuin and Rebels lose two games against ranked opponents
AFTER earning its first Associated Press ranking for the first time in 15 years, the Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball programme dropped a pair of games against two of the top teams in all of NCAA Division I.
Gardiner shatters Lyles’ 300m indoor world record
Add the men’s 300 metres indoor world record to Steven Gardiner’s list of accolades.
BLTA Annual General Meeting called off at last minute
WHILE the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s annual general meeting and election of officers was called off at the last minute, incumbent president Perry Newton said it will still be business as usual until they get the matter resolved.
Pro boxer Williams victorious in four rounds
IN his first pro boxing show for the year, it didn’t take Bahamian professional fighter Rashield Williams long to dispose of American Dylan Dobbs.
Bahamians go head-to-head in Ontario Scholastic Association
A PAIR of Bahamians went head-to-head in a marquee matchup in Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association regular season play.
McCoy, Bastian lead teams to wins in NCAA Div. II basketball
MALACHI McCoy and Lathaniel Bastian led their teams to key conference wins and Jonathan McFall returned to the floor to highlight play from Bahamians in NCAA Division II basketball.
Baseball stadium ‘must be completed within this year’
It was in September 2016 that construction got underway on the new national baseball stadium with the view that it would be completed by November, 2017 at a budgeted cost of around $24.9 million.
Softball fields being refurbished
WITH the new baseball stadium now projected to be completed by the end of the year, the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture is partnering with a number of local companies to renovate the softball fields at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex free of charge.
