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Moore’s 24 lead Lynx over Sun

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Maya Moore was 4 of 5 from 3-point range and scored 24 points to help the defending champion Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 93-79 on Sunday night.

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‘Amazing’ Pedrya joins elite ranks

She had a sensational year in her transformation from the 400 metre hurdles to the 100m hurdles. But for Pedrya Seymour, she’s just starting to scratch the surface.

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Alex Cooper released by the Cincinnati Bengals

ALEX Cooper’s run at the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals came to an end this weekend as the team made its final round of preseason roster cuts.

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Bahamians take spotlight in NCAA Football

NCAA football across all divisions began last weekend and several Bahamian players were in action in week one.

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FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: Putting the pride back in youth/high school sports

A COUPLE of weeks ago I took a break from my regular, nuts and bolts reporting to discuss the growth and development of sports - in a broad sense - in the Bahamas. The feedback from that piece has inspired me to go a step further and urge an extensive re-branding and re-formatting campaign for youth/high school sports in the country.

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‘BAAA is in no way in any feud with the BOC’

BAHAMAS Association of Athletic Associations president Rosamunde Carey addressed the media on several issues surrounding the organisation, and assessed the first few months of her term in office.

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My rivalry with Shaunae is "fun" says Felix

It has been over two weeks since Shaunae Miller and Allyson Felix faced off in the most widely discussed race of the 2016 track and field season, and the IAAF Diamond League continues to provide a platform to discuss a possible rematch between the two quartermilers.

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PI Open on par for Ocean Club Golf Course this Saturday

THE first event of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s “Cup Series” will aid the development of the organisation’s junior programme and the fight against breast cancer.

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Massive recruitment effort to identify new talent

IN an effort to continue the Bahamas’ success at the international level and motivated by Team Bahamas’ performance at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Prime Minister Perry Christie said his government will undergo a massive recruitment effort to identify new talent.

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High school player D’Andre Vilmar to fly with the Eagles in New Jersey

WITH major Division I offers in his sights, elite Bahamian basketball prospect D’Andre Vilmar will relocate for the final season of his high school career.

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FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: Double talk casts a shadow over Shaunae’s golden moment

OVER the last week I’ve lived on two extremes. On one end I was convinced that, without a shadow of a doubt, had Shaunae Miller wanted to, she should have been allowed to run; and on the other, no one person is bigger than the entire team.

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VIDEO: Amazing basketball trick shot from Atlantis bridge

COLLIN Sexton, one of the hottest young basketball prospects in the United States, pulled off an amazing trick shot in the Bahamas recently by hitting a basket 220 feet below from the Royal Towers bridge at Atlantis, Paradise Island.

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What happened to Olympic team celebrations?

WHAT happened to the team celebrations for the 2016 Olympic Games?

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IAAF approves the Bahamas World Relays in 2019

It seems as if the International Amateur Athletic Federation will make the World Relays its home in the Bahamas for the next few years.

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‘Teddy’ longs for day when Bahamas can play international baseball again

BAHAMAS Baseball Federation president Theodore ‘Teddy’ Sweeting said he longs for the day when the Bahamas can regain its rightful place as a member of the international baseball fraternity.