Butler named GB basketball Player of the Year
DESMOND Butler, of the Tabernacle Baptist Academy Falcons, has been named Grand Bahama Sports.com’s senior boys basketball Player of the Year, giving the basketball powerhouse back-to-back Players of the Year.He was already a great player last year,
Race weekend: Bank awards top finishers of student run/relay
SCOTIABANK awarded the top finishers of the Student Run Relay segment of the Annual Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend.The top finishers, in the straight and mixed divisions, were presented with trophies and giftbags yesterday during a special ceremony
The countdown begins: 54 days to go!
IT is now 54 days and counting as the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations gets set to host the CARIFTA Games for the eighth time since the biggest regional track and field meet got started in Bridgetown, Barbados, in 1972.The Bahamas first h
Smith signs with Rangers
Versatile Courtney Smith, who made the transition from a shortstop and outfielder to catching, is the latest Bahamian to sign a professional contract, inking his name on the dotted line with the Texas Rangers yesterday at the Courtyard Marriott.Flank
Final matchups set in BAISS championships
The final series matchups are all set in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools basketball championships.
Pirates rout Pros, Buckets top Eagles Nest 95-78
CARO Contractors Pirates and Aliv Buckets came away with victories in the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.
'BB' wins long jump
BIANCA ‘BB’ Stuart, in preparation for the IAAF World Indoor Championships and the Commonwealth Games, won the women’s long jump at the 2018 Birmingham Metro CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday.Stuart won the event with a leap of 6.48 metres
Sudden death playoffs
The Jordan Prince William Falcons and Queen’s College Comets matched up in both the junior and senior girls divisions in the semi-final of the BAISS basketball sudden death playoffs. The Falcons top seeded teams were able to advance with a pair of wi
Roach brothers to carry flag at Commonwealth Games
BROTHERS Cameron and Dorian Roach, once considered among the top swimmers in the island nation, have switched their gear to triathlon where they will carry the Bahamian flag at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.On Sunday, Cameron Roach beat out a strong si
THE PRESS BOX: SUPER BOWL OR BUST
I MUST say that I’m stoked as I prepare to head off to Super Bowl 52 (Roman numerals are overrated) in freezing Minneapolis, Minnesota as a Bud Light and Bud Light Caribbean brand ambassador. I will be broadcasting live from the Super Bowl, back to
ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENCE FORCE STRIKES
ON THE REPLAY: A cross section of officers and marines from The Royal Bahamas Defence Force paused from their stressful duties to exert some energy and experience a bit of competitive bonding with their fellow servicemen and servicewomen in a friendl
31st 'Catch Me If You Can' Regatta all set for Montagu
MARK the date down: February 17-18 for the staging of the 31st “Catch Me If You Can St Valentine’s Massacre” when “love will be in the air” on Montagu Bay.Organiser Eleazor ‘the Sailing Barber’ Johnson said this year’s event will be a little differen
Rolle fails to make the cut
It wasn’t so much the windy conditions as it was her putting that made it difficult for Bahamian exemption player Georgette Rolle to improve on her performance as she ended up at the bottom of the 108-player field at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classi
Athletes qualify for the Carifta Games
AT least eight athletes, led by repeat performers Tarhji Hudson, Denvaughn Whymms, Anthaya Charlton, Gabrielle Gibson, Raymond Oriakhi and Acacia Astwood, attained the CARIFTA Games standards, while high jumper Jamal Wilson surpassed the mark for the
Bahamian players shine in the NCAA
CONFERENCE play continues throughout NCAA Division I with several Bahamian players in action over the weekend.Travis Munnings continues his productivity and his back-to-back 20 point games helped the UM Warhawks recover from a four-game losing streak
