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Eight Division I women’s basketball teams will take their game to Grand Bahama Island this Thanksgiving to compete in the 3rd Annual Junkanoo Jam. With six of the field’s eight teams advancing to the 2005 NCAA Tournament, one as far as the Elite Eight, the...Sports
It was American Junior and #1 seed Donald Young who got the bulk of the press and hoopla in the 2005 U.S. Open Boy’s Juniors. It was unseeded Bahamian Ryan Sweeting (who holds dual citizenship with the Bahamas and the U.S.) who got to take home the...Sports
Grand Bahama premiered another international sporting event this past weekend with the advent of the Family Fitness Weekend Triathlon, a part of the Coca-Cola Triathlon Series organized by Exclusive Sports Marketing.Don Cornish, District Manager Special Markets with...Sports
The 2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, released today, boasts a stunning cover of super model Carolyn Murphy shot on location in the Bahamas.The issue also features Bahamian Shakara Ledard.Sports
Tonique Williams-Darling on August 24, 2004, made history by capturing The Islands Of The Bahamas’ first individual gold medal in any Olympic Games.In Athens, Williams-Darling crossed the finish line first in the women’s 400 meters final in a time of 49.41 seconds....Sports
The Bahamas added another medal to its Olympic count on August 25, when sprinter Debbie Ferguson took the bronze in the women’s 200 meters race.Ferguson, 26, has been a track competitor for 16 years. Although she is young, she has already scored many great...