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Deyton Albury to join Chipola Community College

Junior national team standout Deyton Albury is ready to take the next step on his basketball journey and will join the programme at Chipola Community College.

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Ayton and the Suns miss out as Bucks win championship

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo ended one of the greatest NBA Finals ever with 50 points and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again.

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Taureano ready for his return

AFTER taking time off to recuperate from his devastating loss last year to Jaime Munguia for the World Boxing Organization’s Inter-Continental middleweight title, Bahamian professional fighter Taureano ‘Reno’ Johnson said he’s getting ready for his return to the ring.

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Ready to make a splash in Tokyo

IT’S the second time around for Grand Bahamian Joanna Evans and, like she did in her initial appearance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016, she’s hoping to make a splash in the pool at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Red-Line team in action in Florida

THE Red-Line Athletics Track Club took a 32-member team, accompanied by 20 parents to the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Club Championships over the weekend in Satellite Beach, Florida where they turned in some credible performances.

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READY TO MAKE A SPLASH IN TOKYO: Joanna Evans gets her second Olympics underway on Saturday

IT’S the second time around for Grand Bahamian Joanna Evans and, like she did in her initial appearance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016, she’s hoping to make a splash in the pool at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Izaak Bastian prepares for Olympic debut

IZAAK Bastian said despite the normal Covid-19 restrictions that he’s had to endure for the past year at Florida State University, everything is going as expected for his debut at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Jazz Chisholm on injured list

An apparent shoulder injury will force Jazz Chisholm Jr to make his second stint on the Miami Marlins’ 10-day Injured List this season.

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Thomas and Fox shine in minor league baseball

Tahnaj Thomas made his return to the mound for his first start in nearly a month and Lucius Fox Jr continued his efficiency on the basepaths to highlight the play of Bahamians in minor league baseball over the course of the week.

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Ayton posts double double in loss

DEANDRE Ayton recorded his 14th double double of the postseason but the Phoenix Suns lost their third consecutive game of the NBA Finals and now face elimination for the first time in the 2021 Playoffs.

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‘The protocol measures are extremely complex’

As the chef de mission for the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, in 2014, Cora Hepburn said she’s more prepared for the task of heading Team Bahamas in the same capacity for the 2020 Olympic Games.

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‘Fairly good turnout’ at 10th annual Ed Armbrister Baseball Summer Camp

ORGANISER Michael Butler said he was quite impressed with the outcome of the 10th annual Ed Armbrister Baseball Summer Camp, which paid tribute to the late Major League Baseball Player.

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Jasrado Chisholm Jr suffers left shoulder contusion, exits game

EN route to making another spectacular defensive effort, Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr suffered a left shoulder contusion and was forced to exit in the first inning of the Miami Marlins’ 7-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday.

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Freedom Farm back in Babe Ruth’s Cal Ripken Baseball Major/70 World Series

FREEDOM Farm Baseball League is set to make its return to the Babe Ruth’s Cal Ripken Baseball Major/70 World Series and Greg Burrows Sr has been appointed to an executive role in the tournament’s organising committee.

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Bucks edge Suns 123-119 to take 3-2 lead in NBA Finals

PHOENIX (AP) — Jrue Holiday seized his chance to give the Milwaukee Bucks the lead in the NBA Finals.