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‘Champ’ Stuart enjoys 8-game hitting streak

JERVIS “Champ” Stuart has had a standout month of June for the Port St Lucie Mets.

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Centrobasket: DeAndre joins Team Bahamas

TEAM Bahamas looks to bolster its Centrobasket 2016 roster as one of the biggest names on the basketball recruiting scene joined them in training camp.

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Young Long Island sailor wins the BOC President’s Award

SIXTEEN-year-old Paloma Cartwright, of the Long Island Sailing Association, has won The Bahamas Olympic Committee’s President’s Award for 2015 for outstanding sporting performance.

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Ty’Nia Gaither gets set for Nationals

Her collegiate career is over. Now Ty’Nia Gaither is hoping that she can make the transition to the next level, competing as a professional athlete.

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Griffith aims to break the 10-second barrier in 100m

NOT since Derrick Atkins’ sterling silver-medal performance at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, in 2007 has the Bahamas had a legitimate male sprinter on the international scene.

Free college info session for aspiring student athletes

EVERY year around this time, thousands of Bahamian students leave high school and they start looking at the possibility of where they will continue their education at the collegiate level in the US and Canada.

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‘Golden Girl’ to run before home crowd one more time

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, the most decorated Bahamian female sprinter, is getting closer to bringing the curtains down on a glaring career in track and field.

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‘We will be ready in time for Olympics, says Shaunae

WHILE she continues to put herself in a unique position heading into Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August, quartermiler Shaunae Miller will be hard pressed with the decision on which event she will compete in at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Latario Collie: ‘It feels good to be NCAA champion’

LATARIO Collie became just the fifth Bahamian to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s division one triple jump title.

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Buddy Hield appears on ‘Fox After Dark’

IN a meeting between two Bahamian basketball icons, Buddy Hield and Rick Fox produced a discussion on everything ranging from Hield’s story to the connection between the Bahamas and the LA Lakers.

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‘Defend Ya Spike’ in memory of DeVince Smith

IN memory of the late DeVince Smith, Chauncey Cooper said he and the Scotiabank Defenders’ B team wanted to dedicate their performance in the sixth annual Defend Ya Spike Tournament to their former mentor and coach.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Marathons, sprints and titles - a day in June to remember

I COULD easily go on for days about LeBron James pulling his usual LeLoser act in yet another NBA Finals.

Kyle Simmons, Larry Alcime Jr and the Pirates struggle early with 2-5 record

THE Pittsburgh Pirates’ Dominican Summer League (DSL) roster features a pair of Bahamian prospects looking to climb the progression ladder in the organisation.

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Shaunae lowers her 200 national record

Shaunae Miller continues to make her decision for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August a difficult one.