Bahamas suffers first loss, 6-2 to US at CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships
THE dream of FIFA World Cup Beach Soccer qualification continues for the Bahamas today as the playoff round begins against top regional competition.
NPBA set for thrilling championship series
If the first two games of the series are any indication, we are set for a thrilling New Providence Basketball Association championship series that will come down to the wire.
‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans to face No.1 Blue Devils in Final Four
THE lowest seeded team left in this year’s final four, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr and the Michigan State Spartans look to continue that upset-minded nature into the Final Four Saturday night.
Corporate Bahamas continues to show CARIFTA support
AS Team Bahamas gets set to depart this afternoon for the CARIFTA Track and Field Championships in St Kitts and Nevis, corporate Bahamas continues to show its support.
Lady Truckers run over Cybot Queens, take 2-1 lead
In an explosive display of their offensive prowess, the Johnson’s Lady Truckers coasted into the driver’s seat of the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association’s best-of-five championship series with an impressive 82-68 victory over the Super Value Cybot Queens at the DW Davis Gymnasium last night.
BTC throws hundreds of thousands behind CARIFTA teams
THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has thrown its support behind the Bahamas Swimming Federation and the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations as they prepare to take their respective national teams to the 2015 CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend.
Will ‘Lightning Bolt’ make a run in the IAAF World Relays?
HE holds the distinction as the “fastest human on the planet.” He burst on to the international scene as an elite athlete setting new standards in the sprint events and blazing new trails that left many wondering if his world records will ever be equalled or eventually broken.
Jones named honourable mention All-American
GEORGE Washington women’s basketball junior forward Jonquel Jones was named an honourable mention All-American by The Associated Press yesterday.
Easter Hunt: ‘Developing Your Hidden Talent for the Future’
COACH Terrance ‘Red Eye’ McSweeney, committed to ensuring the improvement of our young basketball players, will be taking advantage of the Easter break by providing a free mini-basketball camp for girls only next week at the Tom ‘The Bird’ Grant Community Centre, next to the AF Adderley Junior High School in Yellow Elder.
‘I don’t want the players to rest on their laurels’
BAHAMAS Softball Federation’s outgoing president Burkett Dorsett, who was re-elected as president of the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation, said the Bahamas men’s triumph as the Leon ‘Apache’ Knowles champions in the four-day ECASC tournament was a spark in the right direction.
Bahamas through to CONCACAF quarters
OUR men’s national beach soccer team yesterday got a 4-3 victory over Antigua and Barbuda to advance to the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships 2015, also known as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015.
Stingers top Regulators in NPBA championship series opener
THE PJ’s Stingers blew an engine, but they had enough reserve in the tank as they held off the Patron Regulators to take game one of the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series at the AF Adderley Gymnasium last night.
Buddy Hield named third-team All-American
HIS star-studded junior season came to an end prematurely in the East Regional Semi-finals, but despite his reputation as one of the top players in the NCAA, Buddy Hield has no immediate plans to enter the NBA Draft.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Perseverance and persistence pays off
THIS week’s column is dedicated to 13 tough-as-nails baseball players in the coach pitch division of JBLN (the Junior Baseball League of Nassau) - the Bahamas Wi Max Cubs. The 0-9 Cubs ... pardon me, now the 1-9 Cubs!
Tom Brady and Michael Jordan play basketball in the Abacos
SOCIAL media has been abuzz for the past two days after footage of two sporting legends - Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady and six-times NBA champion Michael Jordan - circulated showing them enjoying a pickup game of basketball in the Abacos.
