‘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.
VIDEO: ‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans in Final Four
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — When he got near the pinnacle of the NCAA basketball world with a trip to the Final Four, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr did what any Bahamian would do under the spotlight on national television - he called his mom.
Bahamas routs Aruba 15-2 to take softball crown
LYLE Sawyer made up for a sluggish start and Eric ‘Papi’ Johnson took advantage of batting behind clutch hitter Sherman Ferguson as the Bahamas routed Aruba for the fourth time to take the crown in the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation’s first men’s softball championship.
‘I’m just a kid from the Bahamas and I made it here’
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — From humble beginnings to the apex of NCAA Basketball, Buddy Hield and Lourawls Nairn Jr recognise the impact they have had and continue to have on Bahamian basketball.
Stingers dethrone Giants, 95-94
KEMSEY Sylvetre may have saved his best game in the postseason for the last as he helped the PJ’s Stingers dethrone the defending champions Commonwealth Bank Giants.
Bermuda tops Bahamas 3-0 in 2nd leg of FIFA World Cup qualifier
DESPITE a battling performance a much-changed Bahamas exited the 2018 Fifa World Cup at the first qualifying stage yesterday when they went down 3-0 in Bermuda in the second leg of their CONCACAF preliminary round tie.
On track: Quarter-miler slowly making a name for herself
THERE aren’t too many second generation athletes who have gone on to excel at the international level. Quarter-miler Lanece Clarke is one of them.
Bahamas blasts Barbados, 10-4
UNLIKE the men’s national soccer team that was outclassed at home in the FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday, the men’s national beach soccer team made an impressive debut in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships 2015.
Cybot Queens roll over Lady Truckers to even series 1-1
THE Super Value Cybot Queens blew out the Johnson Lady Truckers to even the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association best-of-3 series at 1-1.
Spartans advance after Bahamas' NBA prospects go head-to-head
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Buddy Hield had the better individual performance, but the game will always be remembered for Lourawls "Tum Tum" Nairn Jr.
