Atlantis to host University of Kentucky Wildcats
THE winningest programme in NCAA men’s basketball is set to return to the Bahamas once again for a series of preseason tests against both local and international teams.
Kai Jones on the rise
ANOTHER young Bahamian basketball talent is on the rise during the early spring recruitment season on the AAU circuit.
Special Olympics Bocce Nationals all set for Eleuthera
FOR the third year, Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, will play host to the Special Olympics Bocce Championships with the two-day event set for Friday and Saturday.
Caribbean Bottling Company returns as United FC sponsor
THE Caribbean Bottling Company (CBC) is proud to return as a sponsor of the United Football Club (United FC).
Street Hockey: Hurricanes get 6-2 win, Sharks earn 4-0 victory
LAST week Wednesday, the Nassau Street Hockey League continued with playoff hockey featuring a 6-2 win from the Hurricanes, which kept them from being eliminated, and a 4-0 win from the Sharks, which moved them onto the final round of the playoffs.
Smith making impact with Empower Sports Network
A FORMER junior national team standout has made the transition to coaching and training to impact a future generation of student-athletes in the Bahamas.
‘It has been a great experience for me’
MIKHAIL McLean has made the transition from the court to the bench as a member of the Houston Cougars’ coaching staff.
Team Bahamas ready for beach soccer challenge
WHEN the men’s national team play in the Bahamas Beach Soccer Cup this weekend at the National Beach Soccer Stadium at Malcolm Park, Gavin Christie said they will be ready for the challenge from Mexico, Spain and the United States.
‘Twin towers’ practice together for first time
They both felt that after playing in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), they were able to use their experience to feed off each other as the Bahamas professional twin towers basketball players Waltiea Rolle and Grand Bahamian Jonquel Jones worked out together for the first time.
‘Golden Knights’ honoured
GRAND Bahamians Michael Mathieu and Demetrius Pinder returned home with Eleuthera’s Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown and Nassau’s Ramon Miller to be honoured on Monday for winning the men’s 4 x 400 metre gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.
MEN’S 4 x 400 TEAM ALL SET FOR THE PENN RELAYS
FIVE of the six men who won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the XXI Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, are expected to represent the Bahamas in the same event at the 124th annual Penn Relays.
Thompson named Player of the Year
BAHAMIAN female tennis player Danielle Thompson, a senior at Morgan State, was named the 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year, as announced by the league office yesterday in Norfolk, Va.
CLARKE LOSES IN THE FINAL
SYDNEY Clarke, playing in the girls’ final of the CO Williams Barbados Junior International Tennis Tournament in Barbados as the number three seed, lost to American No.2 seed Julia Andreach over the weekend.
CARTWRIGHT ELIMINATED IN 2ND ROUND
AFTER winning her first round match in the qualifying round of the $80,000 Charlottesville, Virginia, Bahamian professional player Kerrie Cartwright got eliminated in the second round.
6th Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon raises money for ‘BAARK’
A NEW date and an exciting new “International” distance was in store for the participants of the sixth annual Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon which took place on April 15.
