Sport
New General Secretary for CONCACAF
January 2, 2012 | 4:20 am | 0 Comment
Above: Ted Howard By the Caribbean Journal staff Longtime CONCACAF Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard has been installed as the organization's acting general secretary, the organization announced today. CONCACAF is the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, the governing body for association football in the region including more...
St Lucia’s Arnold Henry on Life, Basketball and His New Book
December 1, 2011 | 2:33 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell After an extremely difficult childhood growing up in Castries, St Lucia, Arnold Henry became the first St Lucian to receive a Division 1 Men’s College Basketball scholarship in the United States as a freshman at the University of Vermont. Since finishing college in 2009, Henry has worked to inspire others to overcome the kinds of challenges he more...
Baseball, Bahamian Style
November 15, 2011 | 3:39 am | 0 Comment
The islands of the Bahamas could be the next great source of prospects for Major League Baseball, with the country turning baseball into a potentially fruitful sport. Caribbean Journal takes a look at the growing popularity of baseball in the Bahamas, the humble roots of the modern incarnation of the sport -- and the new wave of talented Bahamians making their way across more...
A Young Caymanian’s Football Odyssey
November 3, 2011 | 2:10 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Sebastian Martinez By the Caribbean Journal staff Cayman native Sebastian Martinez, all of 13 years old, has signed an 18-month contract with the Swindon Town Football Club in England. Martinez is currently playing for the club's U13 development team, where he has already scored his first goal for the club in a game against Bournesmouth. "Sebastian is more...
From Grenada to England, via Netball
October 1, 2011 | 1:54 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff While Kirani James has been making quite the name for Grenada's sporting culture in Europe, he might have some competition. Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has congratulated Grenadian netballer Lottysha Cato on her accomplishments in the sport, now readying for a second round in the English Professional League. Cato, who recently paid more...
Talking Baseball with Lynden Pindling III
September 27, 2011 | 12:51 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Lynden Pindling III (Photo: Rhodes College Athletics) By Alexander Britell It seems the Bahamas' Pindling family is accustomed to charting new territory. Sir Lynden Pindling was the first Prime Minister of the Bahamas, and largely regarded as a national hero and one of the country's founding fathers -- indeed, Nassau's international airport bears his name. more...
Jamaica, Trinidad Lead World Cup Hopes
September 22, 2011 | 12:06 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Jamaica in Gold Cup play (Photo: CONCACAF) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica's Reggae Boyz, along with Trinidad, which is led by newly-appointed oath Otto Pfister, and Jamaica's Reggae Boyz have the best chance of reaching the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, according to the world body's latest rankings. According to the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World more...
CARICOM Looks at State of Cricket
September 13, 2011 | 12:54 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Cricket's pan-Caribbean future is being evaluated (Photo: Digicel Cricket) By the Caribbean Journal staff During the CARICOM Meeting of Heads of Government in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis in July, the conference expressed serious doubt about the future of West Indies cricket. Accordingly, led by Charirnan Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and more...
Grenada’s James Continues Run
September 9, 2011 | 11:06 am | 0 Comment
Above: Kirani James By Lincoln Depradine Kirani James has done it again. After the 19-year-old Grenadian star won the 400 meters on August 30 at the World Championships in South Korea in 44.60 seconds, he bettered his own World Championship mark yesterday in Zurich. James blew away American LaShawn Merritt in a Diamond League race in Zurich, more...
Caribbean Haul at World Championships
September 4, 2011 | 5:00 pm | 0 Comment
By Lincoln Depradine The Caribbean brought home 19 medals at the recently-concluded World Championships in South Korea, led by Jamaica, which earned nine medals, including four golds. Jamaica earned 101 points with its golds, four silvers and a bronze medal, and Grenada emerged with 11 points, boosted by Kirani James' gold in the 400 meter sprint. The more...
