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Charles Bain posts season high scoring effort

CHARLES Bain posted a season high scoring effort to lead his Robert Morris Colonials to a fifth straight win in the Northeastern Conference. Bain finished with 16 points in the Colonials’ 61-58 win on the road over Sacred Heart. The junior forward

NPWBA: Rockettes in the win column

THE Discount Distributors Rockettes won the lone game played in the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday night. The Rockettes prevailed with a 62-54 decision over the Arawaks. Christine Sinclair, playi

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Deandre Ayton grabs his 1,000th career rebound

DEANDRE Ayton continues to set franchise records for Phoenix in just his second NBA season.Ayton finished with 28 points, 19 rebounds in the Suns’ 117-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday n

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Bahamians turn up the heat on track

A NUMBER of Bahamians turned in credible performances over the weekend in both the professional and collegiate ranks.Gaither fourth in TorunAt the World Athletics Indoor Tour’s Orlen Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland, sprinter Tynia Gaither got fourth

NPBA: Giants stop High Flyers 125-104, Regulators beat defenders 76-73

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants continue to roll along with the best record in the New Providence Basketball Association.On Saturday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the Giants stomped past the Breezes High Flyers 125-104 to highlight a series of gam

Boxer Rashield Williams picks up his third victory

RASHIELD Williams, now training in the Philippines, picked up his third victory with a third knockout over Rege Pahayag in the men’s welterweight division in amateur boxing. The fight was held in Tagaytay, Philippines. After the fight, Williams said

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Hield on road to Oympics

CARL Hield’s road to the 2020 Olympic Games will begin with his participation in a tune-up tournament in Pennsylvania this weekend.Hield, the country’s top amateur boxer, is looking forward to making the Bahamas team that will compete in Tokyo, Japan

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THE PRESS BOX: Memorialising Mamba

As “Kobe” fans world wide, still try to come to grips with his passing. A public memorial for the victims of the Jan. 26 helicopter crash that killed nine people, including Kobe and his daughter Gianna ‘Mambacita’ Bryant, reportedly will be held on

Russell makes a strong start with Royals

Rio Russell is off to a fast start in his senior season with the Warner University Royals baseball programme. Russell went 2-4 and drove in four RBI in the Royals’ season opener, an 8-6 loss to the NAIA No.16 ranked Webber International University W

Timberwolves girls are history makers

The Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves advanced to the Senior Girls GSSSA Championship series for the first time in school history. The T’Wolves closed out the best-of-three semifinal series with a 39-29 win over the CV Bethel Stingrays last night at the A

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Red Alert: SAC teams feature in all four division championships

The Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools completed their sudden death semi-finals yesterday at the Anatol Rodgers Gymnasium and the championship matchups are set for next week’s final. The best-of-three championship series in all div

Gardiner to the fore

The top scorer from the Financial Bowling League competition last night was Clayton Gardiner of Leno Corporate Services with a 565 high three-game series. The runner-up was Charles ‘CQ’ Johnson of Moonlight Strikers with a 531-second high set. Teamma

Bain still setting the pace at Lumberjacks

Months after he garnered the attention of the college basketball world and brought awareness to The Bahamas’ post Dorian restoration efforts with his late game heroics, Nathan Bain continues to be a leading playmaker for the Stephen F Austin Lumberja

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Isnord takes Prague chance

Wilkenson “Kenny” Isnord is set for a new opportunity to continue his basketball career in Europe through the Raw Talent Elite organisation.

Final line-ups set for GSSSA championships

The Government Secondary School Sports Association basketball championship series are set in three four divisions after the top seeds swept their best of three semifinal series.