‘The Tank’ to face Hammer in Romania
SHERMAN ‘The Tank’ Williams is preparing for his return to the ring on August 28.
Scholastic Basketball Camp in full swing with more than 50 boys, girls
DESIGNED specifically to take advantage of the late summer months, Nekeno Demeritte’s fifth annual Scholastic Basketball Camp is now in high gear at the Temple Christian Academy Basketball Gymnasium and has attracted more than 50 boys and girls.
Team Bahamas ‘did reasonably well’
Although the competition was of a much higher level than they experience here, coach Barron ‘Turbo’ Musgrove said Team Bahamas performed as best as they could in the Viva Cycling and Bahamas Cycling Federation’s joint hosting of the first Bahamas Invitational Cycling Championships.
National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships ‘a huge success’
FROM the huge amount of participants to the jam-packed room of spectators, newly elected president Joel Stubbs said he couldn’t ask for a better debut as the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation’s National Championships turned out to be a huge success.
Yellow Jackets top Knights, 77-69
THE Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were the first team from a Power Five Conference to participate in this year’s Summer of Thunder and head coach Brian Gregory called it a learning experience moving forward as they prepare for the upcoming season.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Pigskin Prognostications - Part 3
• THIS week I continue with my NFL pre-season picks division by division. Moving from the tough AFC to the very competitive NFC this week and we start with the North and South divisions respectively.
Norius regains national bodybuilding title
At one point Jimmy Norius said he was thinking about dropping out of the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation’s National Championships. On the advice of newly elected president Joel Stubbs and coach Wellington ‘Cat’ Sears, Norius regained the national bodybuilding title.
Vanderpool-Wallace 6th overall in the 50 free, 7th in 50 fly
TWO finals for Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace but she missed out on cashing in on a trip to the podium at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Junior men’s national basketball team ends up 5th overall at FIBA Centrobasket U-17 Championship
THE junior men’s national basketball team ended the tournament with a pair of wins in the reclassification round, finished fifth at the FIBA Centrobasket Under-17 Championship for Men and will not advance to the 2016 Tournament of the Americas.
Bahamas 18th overall at World Jr Rowing Championships
IT marked a first for the Bahamas as a pair of 17-year-old rowers competed with the best athletes in the sport on a major stage.
Summer of Thunder: Storms get 79-73 win
THE Summer of Thunder experience ended in disappointment for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds as they became the first visiting team to lose two games in the exhibition series which has featured its fair share of upsets.
4x400 relay teams get silver, bronze at NACAC
BOTH the men’s and women’s 4 x 400 metre relay teams secured a medal yesterday to close out competition at the NACAC Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, to push the Bahamas’ total to five.
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace out of medals in weekend world swimming finals
ARIANNA Vanderpool-Wallace reached two finals but finished out of the medals at the weekend as the World Swimming Championships came to a close in Kazan, Russia.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets top Atlantis All-Stars 101-60
THE rambling wreck of Georgia Tech made their debut at the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder in dominating fashion.
Ariel Weech 54th overall in 100 free
Ariel Weech was the lone Bahamian in action for Team Bahamas on day five of the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
