SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Ouch! The diagnosis on your favourite NFL stars
IN all my years of watching the NFL, and its season kickoff weekend in particular (I haven’t missed one since the old millennium), I’ve never seen so many big name stars go down with significant or season-ending injuries in week one!
LPGA to host another junior golf clinic at Ocean Club this weekend
THE connection between the Bahamas and the Ladies Professional Golfer’s Association continues to develop at the local level.
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THE Grand Bahama Cycling Championships is the next major event on the calendar for the Bahamas Amateur Cycling Federation.
Elite Warriors stop Mighty Mitts, 15-3
THE BTC Elite Warriors avenged one of their only two losses so far this year in the New Providence Softball Association men’s division by stopping the Chances Mighty Mitts 15-3 with a couple of home runs from a pair of siblings to keep in front of the leaderboard as the regular season starts to wind down.
‘These young men and women will certainly be our sloop sailors of tomorrow’
MINISTER of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Goverment V Alfred Gray said he didn’t know the level of participation the sailors in the Bahamas Sailing Association’s National Sailing School competed at until he witnessed it for himself in Montagu Bay over the weekend.
NCAA football: Mixed results for Bahamians in week two
IT was mixed results for Bahamian players across the United States in week two of division I NCAA football.
Crazy Partner wins C Class in 1st Back-to-School Regatta
CRAZY Partner, skippered by Lundy Robinson, pulled off the victory in the C Class competition of the first Back To School Regatta in Montagu Bay over the weekend.
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WAYNE Russell III was the only Bahamian competing in the 12th Copa Arabe International IFF Grade 5 Tournament in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, over the weekend. Russell lost in the first round to Robert Lazar in set scores of 6-0, 6-1.
Gibson and Miller finish on winning note in Diamond League
JEFFERY Gibson and Shaunae Miller, still riding high on their medal-winning performances at the World Championships in Beijing, China, last month, closed their 2015 season by winning their respective events on Friday at the AG Insurance Memorial van Damme Diamond League meet in Brussels, Belgium.
Donald Thomas soars for the silver in high jump
WITH the men’s high jump not one of the disciplines for the 2015 IAAF Diamond League, Donald Thomas is taking advantage of competing in whatever meets he can get in around the European circuit.
Several Bahamian players vying for spots on Hurricanes’ roster
THE Holland College Hurricanes Football Club always figures Bahamians prominently into their game plan since its inception, and the 2015 season should continue that trend as the Hurricanes prepare for the upcoming campaign.
Rondre Knowles-Tener a defensive force to reckon with
OFF to a fast start in his senior season, one Bahamian high school star on the gridiron is increasing his stock as he prepares for the NCAA.
Bahamian sailors among top finishers at 5.5 World Championships in Sweden
AFTER five days of intense fleet racing and eight races in the beautiful archipelago of Nynäshamn, Sweden, Bahamian sailors were among the top finishers at the 5.5 World Championships.
THE FINISH LINE: Who gets the money?
It’s unusual to start this column off this way, but it was an unusual occurrence this week as we mourn the loss of two sporting legends.
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TO celebrate the opening of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Bahamas Rugby, in conjunction with Heineken, will be hosting a couple of events at the Winton Rugby Pitch on the weekend of September 19.
