Nashad Mackey helping to lead Falcons to a national ranking
A SEAMLESS transition to the JuCo game, Nashad Mackey has excelled in his freshman season as he helps lead his programme to a national ranking.
MARATHON BAHAMAS: The thrill of victory (with photo gallery)
Despite the interruption of the rain, a pair of Americans - Jonathan Volpi and Amos Desjardins - emerged as the overall male champions of the 7th annual Sunshine Insurance Marathon Bahamas full marathon and half marathon at Arawak Cay yesterday. The women champions were Frenchwoman Marina Peron and Bahamian Vanessa Forbes.
‘Low point’ winners take the spotlight at Swift swim meet
WITH a change in the format for the meet as the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 2016 season officially got underway, there were some new names that surfaced at the conclusion of the Swift Swimming Heptathlon Meet.
Outstanding performances at T-Bird Flyers track meet
WITH the CARIFTA Games fast approaching, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations is hoping that the athletes will start making the qualifying standards to go to Grenada.
Tureano ‘one fist closer’ to fighting Golovkin
THE decision on who will face IBF, IBO, WBA middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has come down to Bahamian Tureano Johnson now that Englishman Billy Joe Saunders has been ruled out by his camp.
‘Tum Tum’ likely out for ‘couple of weeks’ due to foot injury
THE college basketball weekend produced mixed results for several of our Bahamian basketball players at the Division I level.
Jonquel Jones posts double double in 70-52 victory over Duquesne
SENIOR Jonquel Jones scored 23 points and pulled down 18 rebounds to lead the George Washington Colonials women’s basketball team to a 70-52 win over No. 25 Duquesne at the A.J. Palumbo Center yesterday.
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MAJOR League Baseball has announced that it will hold a coaching clinic in Nassau - the first of its kind on the island - January 23-24.
Bahamas on ‘right track’ to host Commonwealth Youth Games
THE Bahamas Government and the Bahamas Olympic Committee went all out over the last few days to ensure that Louise Martin, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, gives the Bahamas a favourable response in the bid to host the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.
Defending champs Cobras stay atop GSSSA standings
WHAT looked like a blowout win early turned to a dogfight down the stretch as the defending GSSSA champions stayed atop the league standings.
Let’s get set for the Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend
SUNSHINE Insurance Race Weekend is set to once again captivate the attention of the country with thousands of participants, volunteers and spectators taking to the streets of Nassau for competition in aid of a worthy cause.
Champions crowned in Freedom Baptist’s 3rd annual Majority Rule Basketball Tournament
FOUR champions were crowned in Freedom Baptist Academy’s third annual Majority Rule Basketball Tournament at the CI Gibson Gymnasium over the weekend.
Dasani water to quench thirst on race weekend
FOR the fourth consecutive year, Coca-Cola is supporting the Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend. And this year all participants can be hydrated with Dasani water during the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure and Marathon Bahamas.
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THE first meet for the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 2016 season will be the Swift/Gunite Pools Invitational January 15-16 at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
THE FINISH LINE: First All Girls High School Basketball tourney shows there’s no lack of talent
BROTHERS Shane and Eric Gibson Jr should be commended for the effort they put forth in partnering with the Ministry of Local Government to kee the memory of their late father alive in the staging of the second annual King Eric All-For-One Family Island Regatta.
