Conflict Between the JOA, JAAA, Coaches and Athletes Impacted Team Jamaica’s Performance in Paris
The unfortunate but not entirely surprising JAAA/JOA imbroglio, which has played out in a very public way at the 33rd Olympiad has resulted in Team Jamaica losing face at the games. As my dear brother Prof. Rainford Wilks likes to say, ‘A blind man on a galloping horse could see that’, a rather apt adage […]
10 Interesting Facts About Legendary Basketball Player Patrick Ewing to Commemorate His 62nd Birthday
Patrick Aloysius Ewing, a.k.a. ‘Hoya Destroya,’ was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on August 5th, 1962. In 1975, at the age of 12, Ewing and his parents, Carl and Dorothy Ewing, emigrated to the United States, where they settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a junior in high school, Ewing, who was already over 6 feet, was […]
David vs. Goliath: Jamaica’s Biggest Medal Haul Ever? 2024 Paris Olympic Games Track & Field Predictions
In the final installment of our David vs. Goliath series, Denzil Wilks, a veteran sports administrator and former General Manager of the Sports Development Foundation, relies on gut instincts, logic, and his vast knowledge and experience in track and field to make predictions as to Jamaica’s performance at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games happening […]
David vs. Goliath: The Golden Era of Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt & Jamaica’s Athletic Legacy
In 2015, Usain Bolt was not supposed to win the 100 m at the World Championships in Beijing. Justin Gatlin had been on a rampage across all platforms, and Usain was injured for a time, so he was not in the best form. When Bolt “breasted” the tape, seemingly unconcerned as to how close he […]
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 […]