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Bobcats pound All-Stars 61-46

With retired National Basketball Association All-Time assist and steals leader John Stockton in the stands cheering on his daughter, the Montana State Bobcats pounded the Ladies All-Stars 61-46 at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium last night. It was the start of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s 2015 Summer of Thunder exhibition games and the Bobcats will be out again tonight when they take on the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers to close out their series of games.

Fixed or floating exchange rates: which serves the Caribbean better?

IS the fixed currency exchange rate between the United States and some Caribbean countries affecting the latter’s international competitiveness?

Bowleg, McPhee-McCuin to head coaching staff

MARIO Bowleg and Yolett McPhee-McCuin will head the coaching staff for the men’s and women’s national teams for the Caribbean Basketball Championships, while Darrel Sears and Varel Clarke-Davis will be in charge of the junior teams that will compete in the Centrobasket Under-17 Championships for men and women respectively when they all travel this summer.

BRFU set to field national teams for NACRA 7s

TEAM Bahamas will look to continue the Bahamas Rugby Football Union’s momentum on the international stage when they compete in the first ever Rugby 7s qualification process for the Olympic Games.

Rapist jailed for ten years

A MAN caught red-handed sexually assaulting a woman was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for rape and armed robbery yesterday.

Four students earn $57,000 scholarships

FOUR students from Anatol Rodgers High School have secured scholarships worth $57,000 each to some of the best universities in the hospitality and tourism management industry by winning an American competition in Florida.

Moody’s: Bahamas rating won’t improve for five years

The Bahamas’ sovereign credit rating is unlikely to improve for at least three to five years, with this nation having suffered the greatest loss of stopover tourist market share in the Caribbean - 2.6 percentage points - since the recession.

PM Christie and Fred Mitchell attend meeting on West Indian cricket crisis

PRIME Minister Perry Christie’s tenure as chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has seen him not only involved in dialogue on matters of state but also in matters of sport.

AID Basketball Classic: Men’s two spots to be decided tonight

WHILE Macedonia and Cousin McPhee locked down the remaining spots in the 15-and-under and 19-and-under divisions for the Baptist Sports Council’s 2015 AID Basketball Classic this weekend, the men’s two spots will be decided tonight at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

All hail the Carifta heroes

STILL in a celebratory mood since their success at the 2015 Carifta Games, both the track and field and swim national teams were recognised for their accomplishments in St Kitts and Nevis and Barbados respectively over the Easter holiday weekend.

St John’s Native Baptist advances to 15-and-under final in the AID Basketball Classic

DEFENDING champion and pennant winning St John’s Native Baptist Church was the first team to book their spot in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2015 AID Basketball Classic championship series.

‘Where there is no vision the people perish’

LAST week, the Gaming Board announced that any objections to the applications submitted to it by the nine web shop companies for gaming licences must be in before 5pm on April 10 — that was Friday, just two days ago.

Man charged with assault in connection with social media video

A MAN faces up to three years imprisonment if convicted at trial of aggravated assault concerning an alleged incident that was videotaped and shared on social media.

Gray: I will have the last say

EMBATTLED MICAL MP V Alfred Gray said yesterday that he will have the “last say” after investigations wrap up into allegations that he used his Cabinet position to interfere in the judicial process of a man convicted in his constituency.

POSTSEASON: AID Classic gets in gear this weekend

WITH the regular season in the AID Basketball Classic now complete, the Baptist Sports Council will shift its attention to the postseason on Saturday at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

BTC throws hundreds of thousands behind CARIFTA teams

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has thrown its support behind the Bahamas Swimming Federation and the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations as they prepare to take their respective national teams to the 2015 CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend.

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