Trailblazing West Ham striker Clyde (Bunny) Best was nominated for a knighthood and not an MBE, has learned.
To this day Best ? the Jackie Robinson of English football ? is well respected in international circles for his role in desegregating the ga...
DATE: Jan 12, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Bermuda?s best-ever squash player Nick Kyme has begun the new year with one aim in mind ? to reach the giddy heights of the world?s top 50.
The 25-year old world number 74 jetted out yesterday for a three-week tour of North America where he will play...
Clyde (Bunny) Best ? the Jackie Robinson of English football ? deserves more than an MBE for his pioneering achievements in the UK, argues former Jamaica national team midfielder Leonard (Chicken) Mason.
Speaking from his Brooklyn, New York office, t...
DATE: Jan 10, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
WOW, here we go again! Another new year full of hope and promise for most but with a hint of pessimism from some. That latter bunch will still have the poor runs of wahoo and tuna last year in the forefront of their minds with the suggestion that thi...
A Bingo revolution is set to make Bermuda the first place in the world to offer daily games in which a number of different venues on the Island will link up to play the same game, thereby increasing the jackpot size for winners towards potentially $1...
DATE: Jan 06, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Cheyra Bell, Lady Cougars? prolific goal-scoring machine, just received the ideal new year fillip ? a full scholarship to any one of five North American colleges.
The 17-year-old poster girl of local women?s football received the wonderful news just ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2006 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
Arantxa King literally soared to tremendous heights in the year 2005.
The 15 year-old US-based Bermudian long jumper struck it big on the world stage in July when she won the Gold medal competing at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Marrakesh, Mo...
Just as it had begun shortly after the tragic loss of Dandy Town defender Randy Swan, the year 2005 in local football came full circle 11 months later with the untimely death of arguably the Island?s most aggressive yet mildly mannered centre backs.
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The death of life-long lawyer, former Transport Minister and avid fisherman James Appleby Pearman was announced yesterday.
Mr. Pearman, 74, joined law-firm Conyers Dill & Pearman (CD&P) straight out of law school in 1959 at the age of 27 and only jus...
The Philadelphia Eagles have the athletic genius of Tyrell Owens and now North Village have a Tyrell of their very own ? but without the attitude.
Playing in his very first match since returning on Monday from studies at Rhode Island College, 19 -yea...
DATE: Dec 23, 2005 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Colin Thompson
