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Burrows, Wilson and Tigers pull off biggest upset of the season

THE Atlantic University Sport men’s basketball championship featured several Bahamian players in the conference tournament finale.

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NPBA: Giants complete perfect regular season, Your Essential Store clinch pennant

WHILE the New Providence Basketball Association’s perennial men’s division one champions Commonwealth Bank Giants put the lid on a perfect regular season, their first year division II team Your Essential Store Giants clinched their pennant.

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Organisers get ready for 2nd ‘Back Yard Rumble' at Kendal Isaacs Gym April 13

SHERMAN ‘the Tank’ Williams likes what he has seen coming out of the Strikers Boxing Club. He feels like coach Ronn Rodgers has produced some quality fighters who have the potential to follow in his footsteps as a great fighter on the international scene.

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Record breaker Joanna Evans helps swim team win its seventh-straight Big 12 title

GRAND Bahamian Joanna Evans, with two record-breaking performances, helped the second-ranked University of Texas women’s swimming and diving team win its seventh-straight Big 12 title by 319 points on Saturday night.

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Raptors are the junior track & field champs!

They had their consecutive meet title streak broken in 2018, but the CH Reeves Raptors regained their place as the GSSSA junior track and field champions.

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Hutchinson Jr OCAA Player of the Year

IN what has been his most productive season in the three years he has starred for the Niagara College Knights’ basketball team, Van ‘Bubba’ Hutchinson Jr was rewarded with the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Player of the Year award.

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Young listed as Blue Jays’ No.23 prospect

CHAVEZ Young became the latest Bahamian minor league prospect featured on Major League Baseball Pipeline’s top 30 projections for each franchise.

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‘Shaq’ Cleare inks deal in Spain

FRESH off another appearance with the senior men’s national team, Shaquille Cleare is on the move once again at the professional level.

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Williams set to face ‘Knockout’ in ‘Back Yard Rumble’

WHEN Bahamian Sons Promotions returns to the Bahamas in April for its second edition of ‘Back Yard Rumble,’ heavyweight Sherman ‘The Tank’ Williams will headline the exciting professional boxing card.

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Junior golfers Turnquest, Hedge win national titles

THE Bahamas Golf Federation hosted the 2019 Bahamas Golf Federation Junior National Championships recently at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island with a field of over 40 up and coming junior golfers from New Providence, Grand Bahama and Florida.

Stampers stun High Flyers 89-85, Shockers stop Pirates 85-78

AS the New Providence Basketball Association gets set to complete its regular season this weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, two games were played on Wednesday night with teams jockeying for the final playoff spots.

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32nd annual Valentine’s Day Regatta winners soak up spotlight

THE 32nd Annual Valentine’s Day Regatta opened its first day of sailing on Saturday, February 16 on Montagu Bay.

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SPLASH IN HISTORY: Seawaves first official triathlon club in the Bahamas

THE Seawaves Triathlon Club made history last week when it became the first officially recognised triathlon club in the Bahamas under the Bahamas Triathlon Association (BTA).

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Samuel P Haven National High School Soccer Championships begin April 27

THE Bahamas Football Association, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, has announced that the 2019 Samuel P Haven National High School Soccer Championships is scheduled for April 27 to May 4 in New Providence. These championships will showcase the top teams from various school leagues for the senior boys and girls’ divisions.

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Grant Player of the Year again

For the second consecutive year, Leashja Grant has been recognised as the most dominant player in her conference as she prepares to lead her Lakehead Thunderwolves into the postseason.