Shockers’ Rigby awarded full athletic scholarship
HIS coming out party in the New Providence Basketball Association ended with an early exit in the playoffs after he put in a most valuable player performance during the regular season.
Men’s national rugby team to face Turks and Caicos this weekend
AFTER turning in a very good showing in their victory over Bermuda last month, the Bahamas Rugby Union is all set to take its men’s national team to the Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday to compete in another international event this weekend.
Pre-School Sports Day in memory of Andrea Wisdom
ANDREA D Wisdom, hailed as the architect of modern pre-schools in the Bahamas, will be honoured posthumously as the Department of Education Pre-School Unit host its 11th Pre-School Sports Day.
North Andros, Mary Star Catholic emerge as champions
THE North Andros High Seminoles and Mary Star Catholic High out of Grand Bahama emerged as the champions of the eighth annual Gateway Christian Academy Invitational Basketball Tournament at the Gateway Gymnasium in Porgy Bay, Bimini, over the weekend.
Kiprop to lead Team Kenya at World Relays Bahamas
TO follow up their series of record-breaking performances last year, one of the greatest distance running countries in the world will field a star- studded team for the 2015 BTC/IAAF World Relays Bahamas.
The awards pour in for three basketball standouts
ANOTHER group in the long list of Bahamian prep basketball stars in the United States were awarded for their successful seasons in Miami, Florida.
The Revenge - Mud, Guts and Glory
THE second edition of the Chickcharney Challenge is in the books and event organisers are optimistic about its growth and the growth of local obstacle course racing in the near future.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: The return of small market teams - by Royals decree
SOME of my fondest memories growing up were listening to major league baseball with my grandfather K M Thompson - yes, the same one of the I Need A Laundry, Lions Club (founder and charter president) and Hobby Horse Hall thoroughbred fame (he had a stable full of champions).
Pep rally to show appreciation for CARIFTA teams
TO show their gratitude to the members of Team Bahamas for their impressive showing at the Silver Jubilee CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend in St Kitts and Nevis, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) is scheduled to hold a pep rally on Thursday.
Stingers to represent New Providence in BBF Nationals
WITH the PJ’s Stingers being crowned the new champions out of New Providence, the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Rudy Levarity Round Robin National Basketball Championships is all set for this weekend in Bimini.
Stingers top Regulators, win NPBA title
For the past five years, coaches Lavardo Bowleg and Moses Johnson were priming their PJ’s Stingers for their first opportunity to hoist the New Providence Basketball Association men’s championship crown in the air.
Athletes shine at Miami Hurricanes’ Alumni Invitational
QUARTER-milers Shaunae Miller and Michael Mathieu, high jumpers Ryan Ingraham and LaQuan Nairn and sprinter Tynia Gaither led a Bahamian contingent of elite and collegiate athletes at the University of Miami Hurricanes’ Alumni Invitational over the weekend.
Richardson: ‘I have six weeks of healing and after that period we will re-evaluate’
IN his first season with the Texas Rangers, Antoan Richardson suffered an injury setback on his journey to a Major League Baseball roster, but remains confident that he will be back on the field better than ever.
‘Mavin has really come along in the contact part of the game’
THE new look Florida State Seminoles football team has many holes to fill for the upcoming season, but it appears they may have found one at tight end in Bahamian gridiron star Mavin Saunders.
Star Trackers Track & Field Club results
THE Star Trackers Track & Field Club got away from the normal track and field meets by hosting their first Star Kids Track & Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium Saturday.
