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HURRICANE ANALYSIS: Westward shift in Matthew’s forecast track brings threat to Florida
Very dangerous Hurricane Matthew is maintaining Category 4 strength as it heads northwards at 6mph, and is already dumping potentially catastrophic rains on Haiti and the Dominican Republic as it moves towards the Bahamas.
Nesbitt, Miller play key roles in FIBA Basket Champions League Americas
TAVARIO Miller and David Nesbitt continue to play key roles for their teams as the group stage continues in the FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas.
Teams jostling for final playoff spots in NPBA
WITH the season starting to wind down over the next two weeks, teams are jostling for the final playoff spots in the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division.
Kai Jones No.30 on top prospects list for 2021 NBA Draft
DESPITE a freshman season where he received inconsistent playing time from the Texas Longhorns coaching staff, Kai Jones has been listed as a highly coveted prospect for the 2021 NBA Draft by Sports Illustrated.
Young golfers in the lead
THREE of the top young players are sitting on top of the standings after the first two days of competition at two different venues in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s National Amateur Championships.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Honestly, I’m all in a pickle
It’s possible that I slept through the last decade but highly unlikely so how else do I account for the fact that until Friday I never heard of the world’s fastest growing sport? Wonder if you have.
Sports news in brief
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) has confirmed that Iesha Shephard has been seclected to represent the Bahamas at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 7th Regional Training Camp for players 13-and-under to be held in Tobago at the Shaw Park Tennis Facilities.
Richardson: ‘It’s sad for the fans’
While he’s only suiting up as a first base coach nowadays, Antoan Richardson, the sixth of seven Bahamian professional baseball players to play in Major League Baseball, said he can’t wait for the return of the game, if only for the sake of the fans.
Gov't urged: 'Follow paper trail' to stop fisheries poaching
FISHERMEN said yesterday there was “absolutely no doubt” that Dominicans were carrying out “well funded” poaching operations in Bahamian waters, the head of the Bahamian Commercial Fishers Alliance urging authorities to simply “follow the paper trail”.
Jonquel Jones helps Sun to win in WNBA debut
Jonquel Jones said her aim was to provide the Connecticut Sun with rebounding, defence and three-point shooting in her rookie season.
Broker’s rescue questioned over $1.8m deficiency
The Securities Commission is questioning whether last-ditch efforts to rescue a Bahamian broker/dealer, which has admitted to misusing client monies, are “bona fide” given its $1.862 million solvency deficiency.
Jonquel leads the way for Russian Foxes
Jonquel Jones continues to lead UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes in the Russian Championship Premier League.
Omicron ‘pushes back’ pre-COVID for tourism
Tourism’s hoped-for return to 2019 business volumes this year has been “pushed back” several months by Omicron with Internet searches for The Bahamas now “half” of pre-COVID levels.
Bahamas Showcase: Catamounts get 66-64 win over Norsemen
THE University of Vermont Catamounts made history, becoming the champions of the initial Bahamas Showcase with a 66-64 victory over the Northern Kentucky Norsemen.Most valuable player Trae Bell-Haynes, who finished with 19 points, canned the game-win
FIBA AmeriCup launches social media campaign
FIBA Americas looks to galvanise support for its upcoming AmeriCup through social media and the Bahamas Basketball Federation is on board with the new initiative as one of the participating programmes.
Promotion Board president urges 30% stopover focus
The Bahamas Out Island Promotions Board president yesterday urged the nation to near-double the proportion of stopover visitors that make up its tourism base to 30 percent.
Woman denies smuggling firearms
A 25-year-old woman who denied trying to smuggle several firearms and ammunition in addition to a large quantity of drugs into the country was yesterday granted bail before her trial.
Slave ship artifacts uncovered
ON craggy rocks and in silent gullies at Lynyard Cay in the Abacos lay the fragments of an American-owned slave ship, the 129-ton, 88-foot schooner, the Peter Mowell.
Keeping Zumba fresh and fun
KIM Kikivarakis, a local dance studio owner, is hoping to introduce some of the latest and hottest Zumba moves to the Bahamian public after attending an international convention in Orlando, Florida last week.
Bahamians rise to the challenge as one people
IT IS said that in every cloud there is a silver lining. The only silver that we can find in the cloud that has hovered over these islands since Thursday is the spirit of the Bahamian people.
