Team Bahamas wins Co-Ed Slow Pitch World Cup
THEY had some distractions before they left and they almost completed a perfect trip through the tournament. But nobody can argue that the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association’s 25-member team will be returning home today as the champions of the 2015 WBSC Co-Ed Slow Pitch Cup in Plant City, Florida.
Double dose of victory for CR Walker Knights
IT was a double dose of victory for the CR Walker Knights as they dominated the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s National High School Volleyball Tournament.
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THE 13th year of the Junkanoo Jam, brought to the Bahamas by Basketball Travellers, highlights one of NCAA’s elite in season women’s basketball tournaments.
Jonquel Jones posts double double in 84-63 loss
GRAND Bahamian senior Jonquel Jones posted a monstrous double-double of 27 points and 17 rebounds but the No. 22/20 George Washington women’s basketball team dropped a top-25 showdown to #15/10 Stanford 84-63 at the Cardinal’s Maples Pavilion on Saturday.
Top athletes nominated for CASJA Awards
Quarter-miler Shaunae Miller and hurdler Jeffery Gibson have been nominated for the 2015 Caribbean Sports Journalists Association (CASJA) Awards for their stellar performances this year.
Bahamas ‘off to great start’ at Slow Pitch World Cup
THE Bahamas national team showed that they know how to win by a blowout and the slightest of margins as they pulled off their double header at the WBSC Co-Ed Softball World Cup in Plant City, Florida, yesterday.
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THE Bahamas Rugby Union is scheduled to continue its regular season at the Winton Rugby Centre on Saturday when Baillou takes on the Cuckoos in the lone game at 3pm.
THE FINISH LINE: Who do you think will win BAAA elections?
AFTER taking a couple weeks off to relax, it’s good to be back from vacation. But I’ve noticed that it’s still sports as usual. Nothing changed. Still the package includes a little bit of everything, including some controversy. After all, that is what sports is all about in the Bahamas.
Falcons top Cougars, 59-44
Centre Adam Johnson, who directed their offence from the top of the key and still managed to anchor their defence in the paint, had an all-around game to pace the Jordan Prince William Falcons to an impressive 59-44 win over the Charles W Saunders Cougars.
Team Bahamas all set for Slow Pitch World Cup
THE Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association will represent the Bahamas with a 25-member team - made up of a mixture of youth and experienced players - at the 2015 WBSC Co-Ed Slow Pitch World Cup in Plant City, Florida, this weekend.
High School National Volleyball Champs today
THE 2015 High School National Volleyball Championships, sponsored by JS Johnson, is scheduled to kick off today at the DW Davis and CI Gibson Gymnasiums.
Jonquel leads the Colonials to 78-48 victory
THE frontcourt trio of junior Caira Washington, Grand Bahamian senior Jonquel Jones and sophomore Kelli Prange combined for 53 points to lead the No. 22/20 George Washington women’s basketball team to a 78-48 win over District rival American at the Charles E Smith Center on Tuesday evening.
SANCHESKA Vs RENALDO: NFL PICKS WEEK 11
Last week on the Press Box (which you should be listening to Sundays 10am-1pm on Kiss 96.1 FM) we decided that to make things more interesting from week to week, the loser of the picks column has to undergo a predetermined death by humiliation.
NAUGHTY'S NFL PICKS WEEK 11
Romo is back, I’ll be there . . . so Cowboys to win in Miami
OKAY, last week was bad for me (6-8) but others were worse! Including Sannie, previously ‘untouchable’, who went an unusually ‘unlucky’ 5-9.
RICARDO'S NFL PICKS WEEK 11
What is it with this topsy-turvy season?
LAST weekend gave me a pretty good view of the parody that exists in the NFL.
