NPSA: Player movements should make for interesting 2015 season
THERE is expected to be some significant changes when the New Providence Softball Association kicks off its 2015 season in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex Friday night.
Jaraun ‘Keino’ Burrows: ‘I had a good season in Sweden’
HE would have loved to have stayed around and played a little longer in the playoffs, but Jaraun ‘Keino’ Burrows was satisfied with the season that he experienced this year in the Swedish Professional Basketball League.
NBA Hall of Famer enjoying his first trip to the Bahamas
JOHN Stockton has had a phenomenal career in the National Basketball Association. Now the retired Hall of Famer is enjoying spending time watching his children participate in the game that he left behind with an impeccable impression.
Bobcats rout Lady Truckers 85-35
The Montana State University Bobcats made game two of their Bahamas Basketball Federation Summer of Thunder exhibition game look so easy against the Johnson’s Lady Truckers.
Bobcats pound All-Stars 61-46
With retired National Basketball Association All-Time assist and steals leader John Stockton in the stands cheering on his daughter, the Montana State Bobcats pounded the Ladies All-Stars 61-46 at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium last night. It was the start of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s 2015 Summer of Thunder exhibition games and the Bobcats will be out again tonight when they take on the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers to close out their series of games.
Henry Rolle sets the record straight on World Relays team selection
HENRY Rolle, one of the personal coaches for the elite athletes, cleared up any misconception of the Bahamas not being able to field the best athletes for the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015, indicating that the Bahamas Association of Athletic Association’s selection committee knew in advance that the female athletes would only be competing in one event.
Lanece Clarke and Steven Gardiner victorious in 400m
IT was another dose of victory for the Bahamian duo of Lanece Clarke and Steven Gardiner. Fresh off their appearance on the Bahamas’ team for the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium earlier this month, the pair of quarter-milers pulled of victories in the women’s and men’s 400 metres in the Georgia Invitational at the Spec Towns Track at the University of Georgia over the weekend.
Sporting Mischief and Mayhem: Brady’s overblown reputation left deflated by scandal and suspension
Well, it seems like “I told you so” is becoming a catch phrase here at SMM. First Mayweather v Pacquiao and now Tom Brady. I actually touched on Brady before Mayweather. If you recall, right here I said before the Super Bowl that even if Brady and the Patriots won, their legacy would be tainted due to their involvement in numerous cheating scandals in the NFL, from “Spy-gate” to “Deflate-gate”. The Patriots are “dirty” period! It’s high time Patriots fans accept the facts of the matter and the opinions of the sporting world, especially the fans of the NFL.
NCAA: Michael Carey Jr signs national letter of intent to join Wagner University Seahawks programme in fall
IT HAS been a long, winding road toward his opportunity to make his break into NCAA Division I basketball, but that dream recently came to fruition for one Bahamian player. Michael Carey Jr signed his national letter of intent last week to join the Wagner University Seahawks programme for the Fall 2015 semester.
Inaugural Popeyes Bahamas Bowl ‘game changer’ in sports tourism
CONSIDERED a “game changer” in the country’s sports tourism product, the inaugural Popeyes Bahamas Bowl provided a new arena of exposure for the Bahamas, proved the country could serve as a destination for elite NCAA Division I football and the winners of that historic contest were rewarded to commemorate that feat.
Shaunae Miller breaks 16-year-old national record in 200m
‘Golden Girl’ Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie knew that if anyone was going to break her 16-year-old Bahamas national 200 metre record, it would have been rising international star Shaunae Miller. When she heard the news on Saturday that Miller finally eclipsed her mark of 22.19 seconds that she ran on July 3, 1999 in Paris, France, Ferguson-McKenzie said she wasn’t surprised at all. In the Jamaica Invitational meet at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, Miller ran away from a talented field to snatch the women’s 200 metres title in a world-leading time of 22.14 seconds, tying the meet record that was set by Jamaican Sherone Simpson in 2006. Simpson, by the way, was in the race, finishing fourth in 22.64.
Justin Roberts helps Bulls book their 1st trip to NCAA Sweet 16
IT’S been a phenomenal experience so far for rising tennis star Justin Roberts as he makes his transition from the junior circuit to the collegiate level. On Saturday, Roberts pulled off one of his biggest accomplishments in his freshman year for No. 18 ranked Universiry of South Florida as the Bulls booked their first trip to the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship Round of Sweet 16 with a 4-0 victory over host Virginia Tech at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.
Truckers out to regain softball supremacy
WHEN the New Providence Softball Association kicks of its 2015 season on Friday, the Commando Security Truckers will be out to regain its supremacy in the men’s division.
Bowleg, McPhee-McCuin to head coaching staff
MARIO Bowleg and Yolett McPhee-McCuin will head the coaching staff for the men’s and women’s national teams for the Caribbean Basketball Championships, while Darrel Sears and Varel Clarke-Davis will be in charge of the junior teams that will compete in the Centrobasket Under-17 Championships for men and women respectively when they all travel this summer.
Bahamas looks to make a return to the World Baseball Challenge
WITH scores of Bahamian baseball talent flourishing at the high, collegiate and professional level, the Bahamas will look to make its return to the international baseball arena this summer. The Bahamas is one of five teams confirmed thus far for the World Baseball Challenge, to be hosted in Prince George, British Colombia, Canada, August 14-23.
