Jamaican-Born Maurice Ashley Is First Black American to Be Inducted to Chess Hall of Fame
Maurice Ashley is the first Black American to receive the designation of Grandmaster in chess in 1999, and now he will be the first African American inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. Ashley moved from Jamaica to Brooklyn, New York, with his family when he was 12 to join his mother who left […]
Jamaican Shevon Thompson Chosen to Play in NCAA Seniors All-Star Basketball Game
Shevon Thompson of Jamaica ended his career at George Mason University as one of just 20 seniors in Division One college basketball playing in the NCAA Seniors All-Star game. In the past season, he was among the Top Five in the country in rebounds and led his team in scoring. He received conference honors as […]
Raheem Sterling May Become Global Ambassador for Apple
Raheem Sterling, star player with Manchester City, is talking with technology super-firm Apple to make a deal in which he becomes a global ambassador for the company. Sterling could be the figure-head of Apple’s promotions surrounding the European Championship in the summer of 2016. If the deal is finalized, Sterling will receive some £250,000 per […]
Soccer Player, Michail Antonio, Chooses England Over Jamaica
Soccer player Michail Antonio, 25, of West Ham said he turned down a chance to play for Jamaica because he is still hoping to represent England. Antonio, a forward, has been a player of interest since his move to the Hammers in September 2015, when he scored six league goals. While England overlooked him for […]
Confirmed: Rio 2016 Olympics Will Be the Last for Usain Bolt
Jamaica’s Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has confirmed that the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be his last, eliminating the possibility his participation in the 2020 games scheduled for Tokyo. The possibility of Bolt extending his career had been raised in January 2016, when he said his coach Glen Mills had suggested his […]
Calabar & Edwin Allen crowned 2016 ISSA GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Champions
With a score of 287.50 points, Calabar achieved an easy defense of their ISSA GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships and won their fifth Mortimer Geddes trophy in the process. Once Calabar took the top spot following the finals in the sprint hurdles, it was obvious they would come out on top. This was Head […]
Jamaica College Robotics Team Advance to the World Championships of Robotics
Jamaica College Robotics Team has advanced to the FRC USFIRST Robotics National Championship in St. Louis, Missouri from April 27 to 30. The team competed in the 2016 East Super Regional Championship Robotics Tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The team won the Motivate Award in this weekend’s […]
Team Jamaica Bickle In Jamaica To Support Athletes At Annual Issa/Grace Champs!
A team of executives, volunteers and key community supporters from the-not-for-profit organization, Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB) is currently in Jamaica to lend their support to the hundreds of athletes in competition at the annual ISSA/Grace Boys & Girls Championships, currently taking place at the National Stadium. The team will be cheering on the extraordinary talent […]
Jamaica’s Gymnasts Earn Place at Test Event for Rio Olympics
Team Jamaica has proved itself to be a serious contender for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio after their stellar performance in gymnastics at the World Championships. A 66th-place finish for Danusia Francis at the World competition in Glasgow means Jamaica qualified for the Olympic Test event in Rio scheduled for April 2016. Jamaica has […]
Jamaican Gymnast, Danusia Francis, Gets Perfect 10 for Balance Beam Performance
Danusia Francis, a gymnast at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), scored a perfect 10 for her routine at a recent meet. The video of her performance received millions of views, chiefly because she has a unique dismount. According to her coach, Valorie Kondos Field, the fact that Francis has a background in […]