Let the games begin!
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net The opening day of the 30th Hugh Campbell basketball tournament featured five games to begin play with matchups between GSSSA and BAISS schools dominating the schedule. Doris Johnson Mystic M
sports inbrief
BASEBALL: JBLN SEASON BREAK DUE to the mid-term break at St Andrew's School, the Junior Baseball League of Nassau will take this weekend off from its regular season action. Play is all set to resume 7pm on Wednesday, February 22 with a Major League (11-
Glenn marks 50 years since historic orbit of the Earth
By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA's admini
Bulls cool down the Heat
CHICAGO (AP) -- John Lucas III could feel it as soon as he stepped on the court. Shots were falling and they didn't stop dropping until the final buzzer. Good thing, too, since Derrick Rose wasn't available. Lucas scored 24 points, and the Chicago Bulls be
The Final Four
The Final Four By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Elite Eight dwindled down to the Final Four last night as the 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic heads into its finale Monday night. CC Sweeting Cobras -56 Queens Colleg
The Final Four
The Final Four By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Elite Eight dwindled down to the Final Four last night as the 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic heads into its finale Monday night. CC Sweeting Cobras -56 Queens Colleg
The Final Four
The Final Four By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Elite Eight dwindled down to the Final Four last night as the 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic heads into its finale Monday night. CC Sweeting Cobras -56 Queens Colleg
Hungary, Ireland draw 0-0 in Euro 2012 warm-up
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Hungary and Ireland played a 0-0 draw on a rain-sodden pitch in a warm-up on Monday for the European Championship. John O'Shea's header in the 7th minute nearly gave Ireland the lead but the ball went just over the crossbar, while
Team Bahamas second in annual Wahoo tourney
CAT ISLAND - Hawks Nest Resort and Marina recently held their annual Wahoo Tournament. Many anglers from the US participated in the tournament along with the only Bahamian entry - 61-foot Viking "White Rat". The team placed second in the tournament, land
Generations Junior Angler tournament 'great success'
Generations Junior Angler tournament 'great success' The Generations Junior Angler Tournament was hosted by Green Parrot, Harbourside Marine and Bahamas Sportfishing Network in June last year. The concept of this tournament was designed to allow the you
Victory for 'White Rat'
Victory for 'White Rat' ELEUTHERA - Scott Kelly's team and the "White Rat" won the inaugural Cape Eleuthera Wahoo Tournament, narrowly beating second place finisher Rake N Scrape by 7.5 pounds. White Rat's five largest wahoo totalled 262.6 pounds and th
Lightbourne Marine wraps up its annual Wahoo Challenge
Lightbourne Marine wraps up its annual Wahoo Challenge LIGHTBOURNE Marine has wrapped up the final leg of its 5th annual Wahoo Challenge with a well-attended awards ceremony at The Green Parrot, East Bay Street. Thanks to Greg Graham, Robert Wells, Pet
Team Bahamas second in annual Wahoo tourney
CAT ISLAND - Hawks Nest Resort and Marina recently held their annual Wahoo Tournament. Many anglers from the US participated in the tournament along with the only Bahamian entry - 61-foot Viking "White Rat". The team placed second in the tournament, land
Generations Junior Angler tournament 'great success'
Generations Junior Angler tournament 'great success' The Generations Junior Angler Tournament was hosted by Green Parrot, Harbourside Marine and Bahamas Sportfishing Network in June last year. The concept of this tournament was designed to allow the you
Victory for 'White Rat'
Victory for 'White Rat' ELEUTHERA - Scott Kelly's team and the "White Rat" won the inaugural Cape Eleuthera Wahoo Tournament, narrowly beating second place finisher Rake N Scrape by 7.5 pounds. White Rat's five largest wahoo totalled 262.6 pounds and th
Lightbourne Marine wraps up its annual Wahoo Challenge
Lightbourne Marine wraps up its annual Wahoo Challenge LIGHTBOURNE Marine has wrapped up the final leg of its 5th annual Wahoo Challenge with a well-attended awards ceremony at The Green Parrot, East Bay Street. Thanks to Greg Graham, Robert Wells, Pet
Team Bahamas second in annual Wahoo tourney
CAT ISLAND - Hawks Nest Resort and Marina recently held their annual Wahoo Tournament. Many anglers from the US participated in the tournament along with the only Bahamian entry - 61-foot Viking "White Rat". The team placed second in the tournament, land
Generations Junior Angler tournament 'great success'
Generations Junior Angler tournament 'great success' The Generations Junior Angler Tournament was hosted by Green Parrot, Harbourside Marine and Bahamas Sportfishing Network in June last year. The concept of this tournament was designed to allow the you
Victory for 'White Rat'
Victory for 'White Rat' ELEUTHERA - Scott Kelly's team and the "White Rat" won the inaugural Cape Eleuthera Wahoo Tournament, narrowly beating second place finisher Rake N Scrape by 7.5 pounds. White Rat's five largest wahoo totalled 262.6 pounds and th
Lightbourne Marine wraps up its annual Wahoo Challenge
Lightbourne Marine wraps up its annual Wahoo Challenge LIGHTBOURNE Marine has wrapped up the final leg of its 5th annual Wahoo Challenge with a well-attended awards ceremony at The Green Parrot, East Bay Street. Thanks to Greg Graham, Robert Wells, Pet
Hugo Chavez in good condition after surgery
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and PETER ORSI Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Doctors successfully extracted a tumour from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's pelvic region and he was stable and recovering in Cuba on Tuesday with family at his side, his vi
Haiti seeks to rebuild, or just build, power grid
By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press BOUCAN CARRE, Haiti (AP) -- Sometimes it seems as though the people here have only the sun and moon: the blinding sun that bakes their mud homes and moonlight that with flickering gas lamps fights against the dark of nig
Prison time capped for ex-Maryland man at Gitmo
By BEN FOX Associated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A Pakistani man who attended a suburban Baltimore high school and is accused of plotting with the self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 11 attack to blow up fuel tanks in the US wou
Ushering a new era in sports in the Bahamas
Ushering a new era in sports in the Bahamas By BRENT STUBBS On Saturday night, we ushered a new era in sports in the country. The new Thomas A Robinson Stadium was officially opened. The ceremony was one that those present would have been proud to have
Ushering a new era in sports in the Bahamas
Ushering a new era in sports in the Bahamas By BRENT STUBBS On Saturday night, we ushered a new era in sports in the country. The new Thomas A Robinson Stadium was officially opened. The ceremony was one that those present would have been proud to have
Sports news in brief
Sports news in brief NPVA PRESENTATION THE New Providence Volleyball Association has announced that its awards presentation for the 2012 season is set for 7:30pm this evening at DW Davis gym. League president DeVince Smith thanked all the teams, their sp
Sports news in brief
Sports news in brief NPVA PRESENTATION THE New Providence Volleyball Association has announced that its awards presentation for the 2012 season is set for 7:30pm this evening at DW Davis gym. League president DeVince Smith thanked all the teams, their sp
Giants, Cybots pull off victories
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G
New additions to CACAC
Doyle Burrows (in bottom photo) and "golden girl" Eldece Clarke (in top photo) were inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation on Sunday. The induction at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, West Bay Street, was done by CACAC pr
Giants, Cybots pull off victories
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G
New additions to CACAC
Doyle Burrows (in bottom photo) and "golden girl" Eldece Clarke (in top photo) were inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation on Sunday. The induction at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, West Bay Street, was done by CACAC pr
Giants, Cybots pull off victories
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G
New additions to CACAC
Doyle Burrows (in bottom photo) and "golden girl" Eldece Clarke (in top photo) were inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation on Sunday. The induction at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, West Bay Street, was done by CACAC pr
Giants, Cybots pull off victories
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G
New additions to CACAC
Doyle Burrows (in bottom photo) and "golden girl" Eldece Clarke (in top photo) were inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation on Sunday. The induction at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, West Bay Street, was done by CACAC pr
Giants, Cybots pull off victories
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G
New additions to CACAC
Doyle Burrows (in bottom photo) and "golden girl" Eldece Clarke (in top photo) were inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation on Sunday. The induction at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort, West Bay Street, was done by CACAC pr
Prince Harry runs with Bolt
Prince Harry runs with Bolt By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- It wasn't much of a race, but then it really couldn't have been as the world's fastest man and Britain's Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capit
Prince Harry runs with Bolt
Prince Harry runs with Bolt By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- It wasn't much of a race, but then it really couldn't have been as the world's fastest man and Britain's Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capit
Prince Harry runs with Bolt
Prince Harry runs with Bolt By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- It wasn't much of a race, but then it really couldn't have been as the world's fastest man and Britain's Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capit
Simone gets wild card entry into the singles main draw
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net At the initial Bahamas Open Women's Tennis Tournament last year, the team of Nikkita Fountain and Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell got a wild card entry in the main draw of the doubles. And t
Four straight!
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net Despite the exit of their nationally renowned head coach Fritz Grant, the CH Reeves Raptors claimed the 19th Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) Junior High School Champions
Simone gets wild card entry into the singles main draw
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net At the initial Bahamas Open Women's Tennis Tournament last year, the team of Nikkita Fountain and Grand Bahamian Larikah Russell got a wild card entry in the main draw of the doubles. And t
Four straight!
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net Despite the exit of their nationally renowned head coach Fritz Grant, the CH Reeves Raptors claimed the 19th Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) Junior High School Champions
Texas Rangers' scout Gil Kim in 'Pro Showcase'
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net SUCCESS on the international stage and the development of hundreds of young players in leagues around the country makes baseball one of the most thriving sports in the Bahamas. The current gene
Cheetahs vs. Angels best-of-five championship series all set
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net BOTH semifinals went the distance as an exciting season in the New Providence Women's Basketball Association (NPWBA) will climax with a repeat of last year's championship series. The defending
Hurricanes destroy the Suns 8-0
The unbeaten St Andrew's Hurricanes' junior boys defeated the Temple Christian Suns 8-0 to improve their perfect record to 2-0-0 in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) soccer league. Senior girls The senior girls beat the St
Simone makes history
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Urszula Radwanska of Poland wanted to get the match over as quickly as possible. Simone Pratt didn't want the first time experience for the Bahamas to over any time soon. With the match star
Hurricanes destroy the Suns 8-0
The unbeaten St Andrew's Hurricanes' junior boys defeated the Temple Christian Suns 8-0 to improve their perfect record to 2-0-0 in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) soccer league. Senior girls The senior girls beat the St
Simone makes history
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Urszula Radwanska of Poland wanted to get the match over as quickly as possible. Simone Pratt didn't want the first time experience for the Bahamas to over any time soon. With the match star
