Sand Jam hits Atlantis for 2nd straight year
WHILE the visiting collegiate teams come here to compete in the Battle 4 Atlantis, there is a local tournament that follows that provides an opportunity for the local schools to mesh their talent against teams from the United States and Canada on the same basketball court at Atlantis.
Inaugural Bahamas Bowl 'to have a sense of community'
THE inaugural Popeyes Bahamas Bowl presents a myriad of opportunities for the locals to embrace NCAA Division I postseason football.
Cuckoos RC end first half of season with spotless 4-0 record
THE Cuckoos RC appear well on their way to a climb atop the league standings once again in the Bahamas Rugby Football Union and lead the race for both the Nassau and Heineken Bahamas Cup.
CORRECTION
IN a story published on Friday, December 12 under the headline: James 'Jim' Wood leaves three generations of athletes behind," his sons and grandsons were incorrectly identified.
Comets win title
The 30th Father Marcian Peters tournament featured a resurgence for Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) teams as they claimed three of the five contested divisions.
Class of 2014 inducted into National Sports Hall of Fame
THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Class of 2014 was inducted into the National Sports Hall of Fame at Government House on Friday night.
Cybots stop Pros 88-77
THE Island Luck Pros were in full force, but they were pushed to the limit by the depleted Mail Boat Cybots as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
Sports in brief
DUE to the death of James “Jim” Wood, the remainder of the 19-and-under best-of-three Baptist Sports Council 2014 Coca-Cola Softball Classic, which was scheduled to be played at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday, has been postponed.
Cybots stop Pros 88-77
By BRENT STUBBS
‘A special class’ of 2014 in our Sports Hall of Fame
The busy week of activities continued yesterday as the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture paid homage to the latest additions to the Bahamas Sports Hall of Fame. The Class of 2014, which includes 16 inductees, were special guests in the morning session of the House of Assembly on Wednesday and were treated to a luncheon by the Department of Sports.
Baseball icon James ‘Jim’ Wood dies at 78
BASEBALL patriarch James “Jim” Wood passed away on Tuesday at age 78 following a short illness.
NCAA: Bahamian players take the spotlight
THE men’s NCAA basketball season continued this weekend and several Bahamian players continued to figure prominently in the gameplans for their respective division I universities.
Foot injury won’t stop ‘Major Pain’
He may be on the injured list, but that won’t stop Meacher ‘Major Pain’ Major from launching his amateur boxing club.
Scheidt leads after day one
IT WAS a perfect first day for the second Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau with sun and wind in abundance. The racing had it all, including a sudden downpour, lots of jostling around the marks, collisions, penalties and, most importantly, neck-and-neck finishes with surprise winners.
Deangelo leads SAC to 70-20 rout over Aquinas
POWERED by junior national team standout Deangelo Mackey, the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine senior boys’ basketball team looks to continue their dominance in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools.
