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Butler and Bobcats in midst of career season

IN the midst of a career season, Michael Butler and his Peru State Bobcats will again in appear in a game televised by ESPN.Peru State will host its ESPN3 game of the week this coming Saturday when they face the William Penn Statesmen at the Oak Bowl

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Bahamas' top basketball players begin season on high note

With the selection process for the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s enior national team on the horizon, some of the island nation’s top players throughout the European circuit began their seasons on a high note.

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PM Thunderbird hopes to set sail in Sir Durward Knowles 100 Regatta

After making all of the necessary adjustments to the banned Tanqueray boat, the Rev Dr Philip McPhee still doesn’t understand why his PM Thunderbird is not being allowed to sail.

NPSA: Lady Truckers, Hitmen take 2-0 lead in series

THE defending champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers and the C&S Hitmen have both taken a 2-0 lead in their respective New Providence Softball Association best-of-seven championship series.

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Afrika emerges as finalist in ITF Junior tourney

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulated Afrika Smith, who pulled off an amazing performance this week and emerged as a finalist in the ITF Junior Tournament in Curacao.

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Cougars earn 7-2 win over Comets

WITH the defending champions St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine rolling away with the junior boys’ division, the battle for the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ playoffs intensified with the second and third place teams hooking up.

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Star Trackers athletes show appreciation to sponsor

THREE athletes showed their appreciation recently to Karen and JR McDonald after they paid a courtesy call to the major sponsor of their Star Trackers Track Club.

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D Robinson tees off with best amateur golfers in US, world

It wasn’t the type of performance that he anticipated, but Devaughn Robinson was still delighted to have been a part of a prestigious group of players in the US Mid-Amateur Championships.

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UB Mingoes fall to Broward, FNU

THE University of the Bahamas continued their march towards becoming a part of the NAIA and its Sun Conference this past weekend with another road tour into Florida.

‘We would like to be able to win the regatta’ for Sir Durward

OVER the past three decades, Eleanor ‘the Sailing Barber’ Johnson said his annual St Valentine’s ‘Catch Me If You Can’ Massacre has benefitted tremendously from philanthropist Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles.

Lady Truckers, Hitmen win openers in NPSA finals

THE defending champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers and the C&S Hitmen took the opening matches in their respective New Providence Softball Association championship series.

Shanea Armbrister assistant coach of Lady Tigers

SHANEA Armbrister made a quick turnaround from the court to the sidelines with her first hire as a member of a collegiate coaching staff.

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THE PRESS BOX: Man down! 5 QBs to replace the injured ‘studs’ in Fantasy

I KNOW some of you fantasy football owners are still crying this morning. And, if you are, it’s because you probably had Aaron Rodgers on your team.

No champions crowned this year in the BGDBA

THE Bamboo Shack Cybots were leading by 21 points in the third quarter when the game was stopped and no decision was made on the outcome. As a result, no champions have been crowned this year in the Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association.

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New inductees in WBSC Hall of Fame

The Bahamas will add their 17th and 18th inductees in the World Baseball Softball Confederation Hall of Fame after administrator Burket Dorsett and coach Godfrey ‘Gully’ Burnside were added to the list last week. During the WBSC’s Extra Ordinary Con