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USTA: Albany hosts elite collegiate tennis talent

THE Albany resort hosted elite collegiate talent on the tennis courts for the first in two weekends of United States Tennis Association sanctioned events.The LSU Tigers, North Carolina State Wolfpack and University of South Florida Bulls women’s tenn

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Salute to Miller-Uibo, our 'Diamond queen'

With the rhythmic sounds of the junkanoo music playing in the background, ‘Golden Girl’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo was ushered through a parade of workers at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.The vis

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Derrick Atkins in assistant coaching post for Catamounts

NATIONAL 100 metre record holder Derrick Atkins became the latest Bahamian to earn a new coaching post in NCAA Division I Athletics.

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Wildcats stop Lady Truckers to take1-0 lead

THE Sunshine Auto Wildcats got the timely hits and good pitching when they needed it as they rolled past the Johnson’s Lady Truckers 9-6 to snatch a 1-0 lead in their New Providence Softball Association ladies’ best-of-seven championship series on Sa

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Welcome home 'Diamond Queen'

OLYMPIC gold medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo can be seen (top left with her husband) here enjoying a welcome reception at the National Tennis Centre on Saturday night. Last week, she paid a courtesy call on Michael Pintard, the Minister of Agriculture

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Tinker, Reckley to join Conquistadors this fall

A PAIR of Bahamian players will join the freshman class at Dodge City Community College Basketball for the upcoming fall campaign.Deon’Ta Tinker and KJ Reckley are two members of a complete roster overhaul for the Conquistadors in the Kansas Jayhawk

NCAA Football: Bahamians in the win column

NCAA football moved into week three with wins across the boards for Bahamian players at the Division I and Division II levels.Chris Ferguson and the Cincinnati Bearcats scored a 63-7 win over the Alabama A and M Bulldogs on Saturday in their home ope

Hitmen roll over Truckers 5-2 for 1-0 lead

Ace pitcher Alcott Forbes missed a no-hitter and the shut-out, but he was confident that his C&S Hitmen would not have lost game one of the men’s best-of-seven championship series against the Commando Security Truckers. The series got started in the Bankers’ Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday night.

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'I don't think the score indicated how well we played'

ONE of the greatest thrills for any junior athlete is to make a senior national team. The biggest thrill once they do is to get a starting nod.Last week, 16-year-old Mario Johnson got to enjoy the best of the two scenarios when the men’s team played

Davis: GSSSA eager to get season started next month

FOLLOWING their initial meeting with the general body, Government Secondary Schools Sports Association president Varel Davis said they are eager to get the 2018/19 season started next month.Davis, who was elected during the last school year to her se

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'Golden girl' Shaunae visits minister Pintard

‘GOLDEN girl’ Shaunae Miller-Uibo is home and one of her first visits was a courtesy call on Michael Pintard, the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources.Miller-Uibo made the visit to Pintard, the former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, ye

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Jazz Chisholm and Visalia Rawhide face elimination

JAZZ Chisholm homered in game two, but his Visalia Rawhide are now faced with elimination and an 0-2 deficit in the California League Championship series.With his two-run home run, he finished 1-4, drove in two RBI and scored a run in a 9-3 loss to t

Cornish emerges as team leader for the Seawolves

HEADED into his senior season with the Stony Brook Seawolves, Jaron Cornish has emerged as a team leader during offseason workouts.Following a summer where he made his Bahamas senior men’s national team debut, Cornish was back on campus in New York a

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Robinson to begin collegiate basketball career with Runnin' Bulldogs in the fall

SHERMAN Robinson will begin his collegiate basketball career with the Navarro College Runnin’ Bulldogs this fall.The 6’7”, 200-pound swingman heads to Navarro following an acclaimed senior season for the Legacy Early College Lions in Greenville, Sout

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Truckers to face Wildcats in ladies’ championship

This will probably be a birthday celebration that Shevette Taylor won’t forget anytime soon.