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Magnum to be honoured for Final Four run

Magnum Rolle will be one of several players honoured by the Louisiana State University Tigers’ men’s basketball programme for their Final Four run in the 2006 NCAA Tournament.

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NFL: Mike Strachan invited to 2021 Draft Scouting Combine

MIKE Strachan reached another important milestone on his path to the National Football League when he received an invitation to the league’s official 2021 Draft Scouting Combine.

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Ayton scores 13 points in loss

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson punctuated a 28-point performance with a soaring, one-handed alley-oop jam during a decisive fourth-quarter surge, and the New Orleans Pelicans soundly defeated the Phoenix Suns 123-101 last night.

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Fenton in second straight Super Bowl

IT’S very rare that a professional athlete gets to play for two consecutive titles in any sport in the same state that he was born in.

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GB schools bracing for return of sporting activities

With classroom sessions back in rotation since November, schools in Grand Bahama are now bracing for the return of their sporting activities.

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IC Bahamas Junior Series hosts its first tennis tournament of the year

OVER the weekend, the IC Bahamas Junior Series hosted its first tournament of 2021 for players in the under-10 and under-12 categories at the National Tennis Centre (NTC).

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Saunders gets opportunity to play pro football in Spain

Mavin Saunders will have an opportunity to play football at the professional level with a club in Spain.

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Ayton books double double, Suns beat the Mavs by one

Booker hits winning 3 in return

DALLAS (AP) — Devin Booker hit a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left in his first game since January 22 and the Phoenix Suns rallied past the Dallas Mavericks for the second straight game, winning 109-108 last night.

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Robinson, Chisholm on MLB pipeline’s top 100 prospect list

KRISTIAN Robinson and Jazz Chisholm were again featured on Major League Baseball Pipeline’s Top 100 prospect list.

Coleby grabs season high 19 rebounds in win, Knowles cans 16 in loss

THE race for the final playoff spot in Turkey’s Turkish Basketball First League with both Dwight Coleby and Zane Knowles looking to secure spots for their respective clubs.

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Throwers take advantage of Blue Chips meet

AMIDST the postponement of the CARIFTA Games and not too many meets to compete in, throwers are taking advantage of the Blue Chips Throwers Club’s series of events at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo clocks personal best, wins 200m

And erases Pauline Davis-Thompson’s national record

Another year and another impressive performance for Shaunae Miller-Uibo.

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Swimmers qualify for postponed Carifta games

ALTHOUGH it was announced last week that the CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Barbados have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, more than a dozen swimmers have attained the qualifying standards at the Alpha Aquatics Invitational.

BBF does not have proper training venue

ALREADY faced with the task of securing the funding to travel to the FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifier in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas Basketball Federation now finds itself without the proper venue to train in.

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Ayton and Hield take NBA spotlight

CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield enjoyed his best shooting stretch of the season the last three games in the state of Florida while Deandre Ayton restarted his streak of double doubles over the weekend.