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.
GSSSA: Cobras rout Mystic Marlins, 94-64
THE CC Sweeting Cobras made an early statement to the remainder of the Government Secondary School Sports Association senior boys’ basketball league as they dominated an eagerly anticipated early season matchup against the defending GSSSA and Hugh Campbell runners up.
St Paul's and Golden Gates open best-of-three playoffs in win column
ST Paul’s and Golden Gates opened their respective co-ed and men’s best-of-three playoff series by knocking off Macedonia in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2014 Coca-Cola Softball Classic.
Tank promises to fire 'conch punch'
Heavyweight Sherman ‘The Tank’ Williams is coming home on Thursday and he promised to unleash the “conch punch” on his new opponent, Manuel Banquez from Colombia, at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Friday night.
'Everyone was prepared but I wanted it a little more'
THE goal was to get three medals, but Carl Hield was the only one of the three-member team from the Bahamas to win a medal at the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games last week in Veracruz, Mexico.
Regulators, Cybots pull off victories in NPBA
THE Patron Regulators and Mail Boat Cybots pulled off victories as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.
World's best Star Sailors to make a splash in Montagu Bay
THE world’s best Star class sailors have all gathered here in The Bahamas for the 2014 Star Sailors League Sailing Championships schedueled to take place in Montagu Bay this week. The event begins today at the Nassau Yacht Club.
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'Pain' ready for The Revenge
LIGHTWEIGHT Meacher Major and heavyweight Jerry ‘Big Daddy’ Butler found themselves in a familiar setting. The duo were back in the Champion Boxing Club over the weekend sparring together as they prepare for Friday night’s professional boxing card at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
