Photo above is of coach Dwane Casey with Raptors players. Photo courtesy of NBA.com. By Lekan Afolabi Pride Contributing Writer A little over two weeks ago, I was exposed to some very negative sentiments and comments about the Raptors play ...
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Photo above courtesy of Christopher Johnson. By Lekan Afolabi Pride Sports Columnist Kobe Bryant’s career is about to come to its end as he embarks on yet another valiant comeback effort from another season ending injury. His drive, this late ...
Read More »Jamaican Is Only Caribbean Athlete Nominated For IAAF Female Athlete Of Year Award
Photo above is of Kaliese Spencer in Zagreb in 2010. Photo credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Speedy Gonsales. By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer Just one Caribbean athlete, Jamaica’s Kaliese Spencer, is named among the nominees for the IAAF’s 2014 World Athlete of ...
Read More »It’s A Slam-Dunk For Ephraim—Basketball Against Gun-Violence
By Tony Mbugguss Pride Contributing Writer It was just over three years ago, Amiga Taylor, sobbed outside a Superior court house maintaining “hope is lost” after two rival gang members accused of killing her 11-year-old brother Ephraim Brown at a ...
Read More »Usain Bolt Part Of Large Jamaican Contingent For Commonwealth Games
By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer Athletes from Caribbean and African countries will be put to the test when they compete against other Commonwealth nations, including Canada, in Scotland later this month. The Commonwealth Games are one of two major ...
Read More »The Benefits Of Youth And Organized Sport
NC – The benefits of organized sport to a developing child are endless. While the explicit physical benefits of organized sport are clearly defined, team sport has numerous developmental benefits that go beyond an individual’s physical health. Team sport provides ...
Read More »Costa Rica One Of The Pleasant Surprises Of FIFA World Cup
By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer A nation from the CONCACAF region, which includes Cuba, Haiti, Martinique Guadeloupe, Surinam, Guyana and the rest of the English-speaking CARICOM countries, has never won the FIFA World Cup of Football. But in 2014, ...
Read More »Red Card For Exploitation Of Children At Brazil’s World Cup
By Fabiola Ortiz Brazil Correspondent RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (IPS) – The FIFA World Cup being played in Brazil has sounded a warning for organisations fighting exploitation of children and adolescents, during an event that has attracted 3.7 million tourists ...
Read More »FIFA World Cup: Where The Spectacle Is The Champion
Analysis by Mario Osava RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (IPS) – The seven-year-old got bored after running here and there for five minutes, amidst a group of a dozen classmates. He eventually stomped off the field because he hadn’t managed to ...
Read More »Los Angeles Clippers Owner Banned For Life Amidst Alleged Racist Comments
National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver has announced that the league has banned the franchise owner with the longest tenure, Donald Sterling for life and has fined him $2.5 million, the maximum allowable fine under NBA rules. The ban ...
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