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Jones and the Connecticut Sun miss out on championship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Mystics won their first WNBA championship, getting 22 points from Emma Meesseman and 21 from banged-up league MVP Elena Delle Donne to beat Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun 89-78 in Game 5 of the Finals on Thursday night

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Ayton posts double double in Suns' win over T-Wolves

DEANDRE Ayton’s 2019-20 preseason debut with the new look Phoenix Suns was a dominant one and gave fans an early look at his progression in the offseason.The second year centre finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds in just 21 minutes of the Suns’ 1

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Jones and Sun in WNBA Finals 'do or die' tonight

One final game to decide the 2019 WNBA title with both the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics looking to win their first championship in the history of their respective franchises.Game five is all set for 8pm tonight at the Entertainment and Spor

Tribune NFL picks/standings - week 6

1. NAUGHTY - 51-26-1 2. CLINT J - 50-27-1 3. SANTXO Z - 49-28-1 4. DuVAUGHN E - 47-30-1 5. JOHN S - 45-32-1 6. WILNER (AP) - 45-32-1 7. LEO B - 43-34-1 8. STEVIE J - 36-41-1 NAUGHTY Patriots Buccaneers Redskins Seahawks Saints C

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Team Bahamas' performance exceeds expectations at the Optimist North American Championships

NATIONAL team head coach Keir Clarke said the Bahamas’ 16-member team exceeded expectations for a group relatively new to an elite level of international competition in this year’s Optimist North American Championships. The big event was hosted by t

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17th IAAF Worlds finalists to get cash

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture officially congratulated Team Bahamas for its performance at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, and announced monetary awards for each of the three finalists in their respective events.

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Jones, Sun force game five to decide WNBA champions

The WNBA Finals will come down to the greatest thing in sports - a single elimination game to decide the title.

CONCACAF: Men’s National Soccer team to face BVI

THE Bahamas senior men’s national soccer team is set to return to the pitch and looks to win their second consecutive game in CONCACAF Nations League play.

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Junior Golfers Dominate Sands Beer Cup Finals

NINE rounds of intense golf competition culminated over the weekend as the Sands Beer Cup rolled into New Providence for two days of championship play. The event held at Baha Mar’s Royal Blue Golf Course saw some of golf’s best and brightest talents tee off for the coveted title of the Sands Cup champion.

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Brauman: Shaunae ‘ran exactly how she was supposed to run’

DOHA, Qatar — After watching Shaunae Miller-Uibo cross the finish line to win the silver medal, her American coach Lance Brauman felt the new NACAC Area and Bahamian national record holder had done all she could against world leader Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain.

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Eyes on the prize

In the midst of a heated WNBA Finals series, Jonquel Jones added to her career résumé with more league-wide recognition for her stellar season.

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‘Coach Yo’ and Ole Miss Rebels ‘ready to get to work’

IN her second year at the helm as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball programme, Yolett McPhee-McCuin looks to continue her impact on the programme and its progression in the SEC.

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Coach Evans on Gardiner: ‘My main goal is the world record’

DOHA, Qatar — When American Gary Evans started coaching quarter-miler Steven Gardiner three years ago, it was with the notion that the Murphy Town, Abaco native get on the podium at the Olympic Games and placing his name on the men’s 400 metre world record.

Sands takes new NACAC office

DOHA, Qatar — Mike Sands, the newly elected North American, Central American and Caribbean president, couldn’t ask for a better transition into office.

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'We lost so we have to continue to grow as a team'

BUDDY Hield picked back up where he left off last season and continued to be the leading scorer for the Sacramento Kings in their 2019-20 preseason opening series.The Kings and Indiana Pacers played the NBA’s first ever games in India at the NCSI, SV