David vs Goliath : A Timeline of Jamaica’s Rise to Track & Field Dominance (Part I)
The Paris Games are fast approaching, and the centuries-old rivalry between Jamaica and the USA is on full display across social media. The seeming media bias and exaggerated pronouncements hyping USA track and field athletes like Noah Lyles and Sha’carri Richardson, clear favourites to medal, have raised the ire of Jamaicans. In our three-part David […]
Photo Highlights: Pakistan Topped Ireland by 3 Wickets in ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 Face-Off in South Florida
The 2024 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Tournament hosted a slate of matches at the Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida. As it happened, South Florida was in the cross-hairs of a number of weather systems that soaked the region in rain while also causing troublesome flooding. Consequently, all but one of the four scheduled […]
The Five Athletes to Watch at Jamaica’s Olympics Trials This Weekend
Jamaica first competed in the Olympic Games in 1948, sending 13 athletes as competitors in three sports: athletics, boxing, and weightlifting. Ten of the Jamaicans competed in athletics, and Arthur Wint won the first Olympic medal in history for Jamaica with a silver in the men’s 800-metre event. A few days later, Wint won Jamaica’s […]
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024: Party Atmosphere for Sri Lanka, Nepal Duel at Broward County Stadium before Rainy Deluge Forced Abandonment
South Florida’s weather experience this month for fans who flocked to the region to take in T20 World Cup 2024 Cricket action might not be one they will want to remember. From June 11 through June 14, heavy and incessant rain showers blanketed the Miami-Fort Lauderdale areas and caused widespread flooding. As it happened, the […]
Topsy-Turvy South Florida Weather ‘Played Spoilsport’, Derailed India vs. Canada at ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024
The scheduled slate of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 matches designated to take place at the Broward County Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida certainly did not get to enjoy the Sunshine State’s claim to fame—the Sun. And so, the June 15th India vs. Canada match suffered the same abandonment fate as did Sri Lanka vs. […]
Jamaican American Basketball Player, Amen Thompson, Makes NBA Defensive Second Team
The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that Jamaican American Amen Thompson, a member of the Houston Rockets, has been named to the All-Rookie NBA Second Team. This is the fourth year in a row that the Rockets have seen one of their players selected for the All-Rookie team. Thompson was drafted with the Number 4 […]
South Florida Catches ‘Cricket Fever’ after Giant Replica Ball Rolls into Miramar in Run-up to ICC Men’s 2024 T20 World Cup
In the run-up to the much-anticipated 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup, the City of Miramar in Broward County ushered in the excitement of the upcoming tournament with a giant cricket ball rolling in to its City Hall Plaza Complex. Dubbed ‘Giant Cricket Ball Rolls Into Miramar’ for the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup, this one-of-a-kind […]
Jamaica’s Ice Hockey Team to Continue Strong Performance in New York
The Jamaican senior ice hockey team is scheduled to play Puerto Rico’s national team in three matches in New York City. Jamaica’s team, which had notable wins in 2019 and 2021 in the LATAM tournaments, will play as part of its ongoing program of having the team play as often as possible and to contribute […]
Zandre Roye Is First Jamaican Winner of the Trinidad & Tobago Open Golf Championship
Jamaican golfer Zandre Roye described his historic first-of-his-nation victory at the Trinidad & Tobago Open Golf Championship at the Tobago Plantation Golf Course on March 17, 2024, as the most important victory to date. Leading all the way Roye dominated his rivals from the start and won with a nine-shot margin. He displayed a remarkable […]
Jamaican Emily Mayne Leads Howard University to 2024 National Collegiate Golf Championship
Howard University’s women’s golf team, led by Jamaican freshman Emily Mayne, won the 2024 WGOLF National Collegiate Championship title. All five team players ranked among the top 10 performers at the event. Freshman Emily Mayne from Kingston, Jamaica, excelled in her first collegiate competition, maintaining the lead throughout the three rounds of the tournament which […]
