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NAUGHTY'S NFL PICKS: Week 14

Pigskin prognostication is just child’s play

ALRIGHT, down the home stretch we come.

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RICARDO WELLS NFL PICKS: Week 14

Like me, Johnny Football is back . . . except he is going to lose this week

IF YOU recall, a few weeks back I completely packed in my picks segment and dedicated myself to my Patriots.

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Grant Hill: ‘Everyone has a wonderful spirit out here’

WHILE many visitors have a favourite island in The Bahamas, former NBA superstar Grant Hill admits he can’t choose just one.

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BFA president surprised over CONCACAF controversy

Bahamas Football Association (BFA) president Anton Sealey said he was surprised at the latest controversy that has rocked Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) after the third consecutive president of the governing body was indicted in the FIBA bribery case.

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NPBA: Regulators and Pros tied in first place

IT’S still early in the season, but Mr Ship It Freight Regulators and Island Game Pros both won on Monday night to stay tied in first place in the Vince Ferguson Division of the New Providence Basketball Association.

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2nd annual Thelma Murray Road Race a success

THE numbers were not as high as they had anticipated, but Sherry Francis said they were appreciative of the athletes, coaches and clubs who came out to support the second annual Thelma Murray Road Race.

Local pro sailors discuss ways to strengthen support for sloop sailing at regatta conclave

SUSTAINABLE measures to keep sloop sailing alive in The Bahamas are underway, as local professional sailors convened this weekend to discuss how to strengthen support for the Bahamian sporting tradition.

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His back ailing, Tiger Woods merely an onlooker - for now

JORDAN Spieth is used to having an audience on the golf course - just not Tiger Woods.

Sports Notes

SONITH Lockhart, of Carib Construction, was on fire in City Bowling League competition last night while mowing down the pins for a gigantic 734 three game set which is a record so far for the 2015 - 2016 season. 

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Varel Clarke-Davis new president of GSSSA

AS they prepare for the completion of another competitive calendar year, Varel Clarke-Davis will be the next president charged with the responsibility of taking the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association front office back to a respectable level.

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Buddy and Sooners cruise to 78-55 win

HONOLULU (AP) — Isaiah Cousins scored 19 points and Buddy Hield added 18 as No. 7 Oklahoma cruised to a 78-55 victory over No. 9 Villanova last night in the Pearl Harbor Invitational.

Winter Throwers Camp set to begin this week

FOR the second consecutive year, Blue Chip Athletic Club will be putting on their Winter Throwers Camp with an emphasis on improving the level of the discipline in the track and field community as well as providing an avenue for at least three Bahamians to earn athletic scholarships.

Bahamians to square off in NCAA bowl game

THE 2015 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl will feature its traditional matchup of inter-conference powerhouses and, for the first time, Bahamians will square off on opposite sides of a major NCAA football bowl game.

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Jones named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for 3rd week in a row

GEORGE Washington women’s basketball senior forward Jonquel Jones, from Grand Bahama, was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for the third week in a row, the league announced yesterday. The award covers games played November 30 to December 6.

SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: The day Wilt the Stilt and the Bears made their point

CHRISTMAS is fast approaching - the equivalent of the Super Bowl for ‘shopaholics’ like my wife.