By Liz Roscher, Yahoo Sports The time has come for NBA veteran Vince Carter. After 22 years, he’s calling it a career. Carter, 43, announced his retirement on his own podcast, “Winging It.” “I’m officially finished playing basketball,” Carter said. “I’m officially done playing basketball professionally.” Carter, who has been with the Atlanta Hawks for […]
Photo Credit: Jamaicans.com By Delano George Bell, Jamaicans.com Jamaican-born Brandon Sealy’s physical skills helped him emerge as the first Jamaican to win two consecutive gold medals at world taekwondo competitions. In 2020, his considerable academic skills are taking him to Princeton University. Sealy will begin his freshman year at Princeton in the fall of […]
Renee Montgomery, guard for the UCONN Women’s Basketball Champs on talks to the crowd at a homecoming rally held at Bradley Airport on April 8, 2009 in CT. – WINDSOR LOCKS, CT – APRIL 8 (Shutterstock) By Renee Montgomery, The Players Tribune You ever think about how history repeats itself? I called my mom a […]
Jason Holder of West Indies celebrates scoring a half century during the Australia against West Indies, ICC Cricket World Cup match – NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND. 06 JUNE 2019 (Shutterstock) West Indies captain Jason Holder says his players feel safe after arriving in England and “at some point”, some kind of normal must return. West Indies landed […]
2019 Australian Open Champion Naomi Osaka of Japan during press conference following her win in the final match at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park. – MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA:JANUARY 26, 2019 (Shutterstock) Naomi Osaka, the 22-year old tennis star, is now the highest-paid female athlete in history, according to Forbes. She reportedly earned $34.7 million over […]
Photo Credit: Jamaicans.com By Delano George Bell, JAMAICANS.COM Jamaican Matt Peart has been selected by the New York Giants in the third round of the NFL draft. The offensive tackle from the University of Connecticut was the 99th overall pick. It’s a satisfying conclusion to a high school career that he originally thought would include […]
By Dennis Young, NY Daily News Major League Baseball announced a complete shutdown of games Thursday. “MLB has decided to suspend Spring Training games and to delay the start of the 2020 regular season by at least two weeks due to the national emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic,” league commissioner Rob Manfred said in […]
By Dennis Young, NY Daily News The NCAA has canceled the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus pandemic. The tournaments will not be delayed or played at a later date. The news came after a chaotic two days, when Rudy Gobert’s positive test started a series of cancellations in American […]
St. John’s played Georgetown on Wednesday night in front of a sparse Madison Square Garden crowd impacted by coronavirus concerns.(Kieran Lynch/New York Daily News) By Dennis Young, NY Daily News As basically every single college conference canceled their men’s basketball tournaments over the coronavirus, the Big East continued play in New York City. The conference […]
Article by OECS Sports Contributor Terry Finisterre
The Commonwealth of Dominica has hopped, stepped, and jumped out to the forefront of the push for participation in the 2020 edition of the Olympic Games, with the republic’s top female triple jumper making the minimum standards for this year’s showcase. Turning 26 in April, Thea LaFond reset her Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) […]