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Colts’ Strachan optimistic about his chances of making the regular season roster

MIKE Strachan concluded the NFL preseason with his best game as a member of the Indianapolis Colts and is optimistic about his chances to make the regular season roster.

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Olympic champion Gardiner settles for 3rd in the 200m

Steven Gardiner, still celebrating his triumph in the men’s 400 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, dropped down to his first love in the 200m yesterday at the Wanda Diamond League. But the double Bahamian national record holder had to settle for third place.

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Knowles-Tener and Cavaliers return to full regular season

RONDRE Knowles-Tener and his Virginia-Wise Cavaliers football programme return to a full regular season for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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MLB.com ranks Reckley No.9 on international prospects list

ANOTHER major publication has projected Ryan Reckley as one of the elite sought after targets for Major League Baseball franchises for the upcoming international signing period.

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Versatile pitcher/infielder Burton ‘Juice’ Saunders dies

VERSATILE pitcher/infielder Burton ‘Juice’ Saunders, who was an avid member of the Saxons Superstars junkanoo group, has left a void among his close knitted friends after he passed away on Wednesday morning in Hollywood, Florida.

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Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown named Coach of the Year

CHRIS ‘Fireman’ Brown may still be negotiating the final chapter of his storybook career as a quarter-miler, but he’s off to a great start in his introduction as a head coach at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia.

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Deyton Albury settling in with Chipola Indians in Florida

AFTER taking a year off to compete for Believe Prep Academy in Rock Hill, South Carolina, guard Deyton Albury is now settling into his new environment in Marianna, Florida.

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Jones and Sun clinch playoff spot

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun clinched a playoff spot in the 2021 WNBA playoffs and took sole possession of the league’s No.1 seed with their sixth consecutive win.

BIG3 Semifinals all set for Saturday

The Bahamas will host a new sports tourism initiative this weekend as the BIG3 concludes its fourth season of professional 3-on-3 basketball.

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Munnings signs with Sporting Lisboa Benfica in Portugal

TRAVIS Munnings will return to Portugal for a second season but will make the move to a new club in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB).

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Gardiner to contest 200, Thomas 7th in high jump

STEVEN Gardiner will return to competition for the first time since his 400 metre gold medal triumph at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this month.

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Team Bahamas: ‘We are all safe’

By now the Bahamas’ nine-member team should have returned home from the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, but they had to take a slight detour in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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‘Pork’ adds to his résumé as international baseball umpire

MARTIN ‘Pork’ Burrows continues to add to his résumé as an international baseball umpire.

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Jones ‘Player of the Week’

For the 10th time in her five-year career, Grand Bahamian Jonquel Jones has been one of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Players of the Week.

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Higgs signs in Germany

BAHAMIAN pro basketball player Lashann Higgs will make the move from Spain to Germany for the upcoming season.