Giannis Antetokounmpo traded to Heat in blockbuster deal, AP source says
MIAMI (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo wants more championships. So do the Miami Heat. Their interests are ofcially aligned — and the Heat fnally have another superstar.
The Bahamas, currently in fourth place in Group B with a 1-3 win-loss record, will host Jamaica on Friday, July 3 at 8pm and Puerto Rico on Monday, July 6 at 7:10pm at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
The Bahamas won their opener against Jamaica with a 99-96 decision on Thursday, February 26, but lost to Puerto Rico 71-66 on Sunday, March 11 in games played overseas in the home-and-away series.
McLean, who was a part of the games played as an assistant to DeMarco, said they are hoping to build some chemistry and get ready to roll when they host their opponents at home.
McLean, also an assistant coach for the Bluejays men’s basketball team at the University of Kentucky, said with the departure of DeMarco, he is pleased to take over the foundation that was left in place.
“We are in a position where we have a team that is good enough to go out there and compete with anybody,” McLean said. “So taking over now is a really good time to take the team to the next level.”
The players invited to the training camp are Deyton Albury, Deandre Ayton, Lathaniel Bastian, Domnick Bridgewater, Jaraun Burrows, Garvin Clarke Jr, Rashad Davis, Romad Dean, VJ Edgecombe, Donovan Freeman, Eric Gordon, Buddy Hield, Samuel Hunter, Kai Jones, Fredrick King Jr, Aaron Levarity, Tavario Miller, Franco Miller Jr, Isaiah Mobley, Travis Munnings, Leano Rolle, Valentino Simon, Kentwan Smith and AJ Storr.
As one of the veterans invited to the camp, Burrows said he’s looking forward to reuniting with all of the players.
“We have a good team heading to the training camp, so it’s all about rebuilding the chemistry,” he said. “We know that we have to step our game up and qualify for the World Cup.
“With all of our top players coming home again, we have a chance to show the Bahamian public the level of talent that we have to put on the foor. So to get our best all together and to represent the country is exciting.”
McLean said all of that excitement is due in part to LJ Rose, the general manager, who has been given the green light by the BBF to assemble the best team possible.
“A lot of credit goes to LJ Rose,” McLean said. “He’s worked tremendously over the last four years in putting and keeping all of this talent together.
“Buddy Hield has always been a part of it with guys like Kai Jones, who was also there. We kind of build on what we had in place when we were one step away from qualifying for the Olympic Games two summers ago.”
McLean said Rose was able to stay in touch with all of the players, keeping them abreast of what the coaching staf has been doing every step of the way and the players brought into the plans.
“We are putting together this team of players and we have the coaching staf, so the goal is for us to win,” McLean stressed. “We want to go out there and win our frst game against Jamaica and
Ending a marathon watch for the next great Miami get, the Heat landed Antetokounmpo — a two-time NBA MVP and 10-time AllStar — from the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in exchange for a massive haul of players and draft picks. The terms, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move had yet to receive the required league approval: Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are heading to Miami for Wisconsin native Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis. Milwaukee also gets the No. 13 selection made in last night’s NBA draft, along with a frst-round pick swap in 2030, frst-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and a second-rounder in 2033, the person said. It ends a wild back-andforth in the fnal days of the saga, with the Bucks considering ofers from both Miami and Boston for Antetokounmpo — who led Milwaukee to the 2021 NBA title, was on the NBA’s 75th anniversary list of its greatest players ever, is a nine-time All-NBA selection and is coming of an injury-shortened season in which he averaged 27.6 points per game.
put all of our eforts into Puerto Rico.
“We are in a position to succeed.
“We just have to put it all together when we play our next two games and see what happens after that in the next window.”
Like every team has their strengths and weaknesses, McLean said they are looking at strengthening what they have in place to ensure that they can put the best
team on the court possible at the games.
“I think this time we will have in Miami bonding together will determine how successful we are on the court,” McLean said. “It’s good to go out there and play, but we want to develop our chemistry of the court.
“Once we can do that, when we get on the court, we should be able to execute the game the way it
should be played. So we are looking forward to building chemistry with the team and the coaching staf.”
Joining McLean on the coaching staf are Lourawls Nairn, the associate head coach and Charles Allen III, Mychel Thompson and Nashad Mackey as assistant coaches and Willis Mackey as the video coordinator. McLean said all of the coaches have played on the team before with the
exception of Allen, who played a pivotal role as an assistant coach and player development coach with the New York Knicks - this year’s National Basketball Association champions. He said Team Bahamas defnitely has the coaching staf that can get the best out of the players selected as they look forward to winning these two games in July in front of the home crowd.
Female quarter-milers are on historic rise
the event, Valcourt, 21, stayed ahead of the pack as she won the national title in 51.01. Cooper, 22, was the runner-up in 51.18 and Farrington, 22, got third in 51.29. Penn, 20, opted to run the 200m, winning in 23.53.
With the performances of these women, there’s a lot of expectations brewing, if not for the Central American and Caribbean Games or the Commonwealth Games this summer, at the 2027 World Championships in Beijing, China and the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.
As the top four quarter-milers performing this year, the women are hoping that they can get a chance to showcase their skills together as a team this year.
“It’s an honour to be considered one of the leaders of this group,” said Valcourt, whose time has placed her ffth on The Bahamas’ alltime list.
“We have a talented group of Bahamian quarter-milers, and it’s exciting
to see a multiple of us performing at a high level. I think we can push each other to be better every time we compete.”
Valcourt said The Bahamas is heading in the right direction with the women’s quarter-milers.
“I believe we have the talent and potential to be competitive on the world stage at events like the World Championships and the Olympics,” Valcourt said. “It would be exciting to see what we can achieve together as a team.”
Valcourt and Penn both competed on the mixed relay at the 2024 Olympic Games with Wendell Miller and Alonzo Russell.
Valcourt also competed in the heats of the 400m at the 2025 World Championships. Cooper, on the other hand, was selected to the 2024 Olympic team, but didn’t get to compete due to an internal controversy with Shania Adderley.
As for Farrington, she has not yet had an opportunity to compete at the senior level and as the latest performer to join the mix of
female quarter-milers, she said she’s eager to see what the future holds.
“I have been waiting so long for there to be a 400 crew and I’m loving the fact that there is a deeper squad of talented girls,” said Farrington, who is ninth on the Bahamian all-time list.
“To be a part of it, it feels surreal. Before last year I wasn’t in the conversation. I was running okay so I got counted out but, with a lot of hard work and dedication, I got to where I am and I know there’s more left in store.
“So I’m happy to be a part of the new upcoming 400m girls.” Farrington admitted that they all have come a long, competing against each other in high school and now all of the hard work is paying of at the collegiate and hopefully the elite level.
“I would love to see The Bahamas take a shot at getting us to compete because I think we can do something special,” Farrington said.
“Two of us have already hit that 50-second mark
and the other two of us are close to that 50-point mark. I’m sure all of us have a lot more in store and I’m sure if they give us a shot we can accomplish something great.” The quartet ran the fastest times this year by all Bahamians with Valcourt leading with her lifetime best at the NCAA Championships, Penn had the second best mark of 50.78 on May 30 in Lexington, Kentucky. Cooper and Farrington posted their personal bests above at the BAAA Nationals. Shaunae Miller-Uibo, by the way, tops the list with her national record at 48.35. Tonique Williams is second at 49.07, Pauline Davis third at 49.28, Christine Amertil fourth at 50.09 and Printassia Johnson sixth at 50.58. While Miller-Uibo is working
Chisholm Jr’s big night at the plate helps Yankees end 3-game skid
DETROIT (AP) — Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr homered, drove in two runs and scored twice and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 last night.
Chisholm scored on Jose Caballero's RBI groundout in the fourth inning before hitting a two-run homer in the sixth as New York ended a three-game losing streak and stopped
Detroit's four-game winning streak.
Carlos Rodón (4-2) picked up the win, allowing three runs and six hits with two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
Three relievers fnished, with David Bednar getting the fnal four outs for his 15th save.
Casey Mize (2-5) gave up four runs and eight hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings.
He struck out six while giving the Tigers their 27th straight game in which the
starting pitcher allowed four or fewer runs.
Detroit took the lead with two runs in the third.
Zach McKinstry hit a oneout single and took third when Ben Malgeri singled in his frst major-league at-bat. McKinstry scored on Rodon's wild pitch and Malgeri came home on Dillon Dingler's base hit.
After Caballero made it 2-1 with his run-scoring groundout in the fourth, Cody Bellinger threw out
England and Ghana play to 0-0 draw despite flurry-filled
final minutes
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — England dominated possession but came up empty on several late scoring opportunities in a 0-0 draw with Ghana yesterday at the World Cup. Both teams won their opening matches, with Ghana beating Panama 1-0 and England defeating Croatia 4-2. Now both still have work to do in Group L before securing a spot in the knockout round.
England, which has not lost to an African country at the World Cup in nine meetings, outshot Ghana 19-1 but failed capitalise on multiple chances in the closing minutes. England lost to France in the quarterfnals at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Ghana hasn’t made it to the knockout round since reaching the quarterfnals at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Three Lions had a chance to take the lead in the 86th minute when
Nico O’Reilly’s header hit the crossbar. Harry Kane gathered the rebound but couldn’t get enough on it with his left foot and shot high. Ghana’s best chance came in the 78th minute came when Abdul Fatawu outfought England midfelder Eberechi Eze for the ball and raced down the sideline. He fed the ball to Prince Adu, but he was challenged from behind by Ezri Konsa before he could get of a shot. Adu wanted a foul but didn’t get it.
Riley Greene at the plate to end the bottom of the inning.
The Yankees went up 4-2 with three runs in the sixth. With one out, Paul Goldschmidt beat out a rare infeld single before Chisholm homered to
right-centre. Caballero's two-out single brought Tyler Holton out of the bullpen, but Austin Wells doubled to give the Yankees a two-run lead.
Dingler and Matt Vierling started the bottom of the inning with back-to-back
doubles, cutting New York's lead to 4-3.
Up next The teams fnish their three-game series tonight with Tigers ace LHP Tarik Skubal (3-3, 3.02) facing LHP Ryan Weathers (2-5, 4.13).
In the frst half, England had 60% of the possession but only fve attempts on goal, with Kane missing inside the box just before the end of the half. Ghana picked up the pace in the
second half, getting a chance in the 50th minute when Marvin Senaya got a touch in the box, but couldn’t quite get much behind a header as it was blocked by the England defence.
England will play its fnal group match against Panama on Saturday in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ghana will take on Panama on Saturday in Philadelphia.
Scotland and its Tartan Army eye historic World Cup breakthrough against 5-time champion Brazil
MIAMI GARDENS,
Florida (AP) — Andy Robertson and his Scotland teammates have watched their fans march through the streets of Miami and Boston, celebrating baseball games with beers and bagpipes as if they were attending a soccer match.
Scotland wants to give the Tartan Army much more to celebrate today, when it faces Brazil in a World Cup match at the home stadium of the NFL's Miami Dolphins.
The team knows it won't be an easy task.
“Everywhere they go, people fall in love with them,” Robertson said.
“You've seen how much the whole of the city of Boston fell in love with the Tartan Army.
“I think they're gutted to know they've left. Now obviously they've come down to Miami to try and make the same impact. And I think they've had that same impact, obviously, at the baseball (game) again last night walking through the streets and everything.
"Come tomorrow night. If we manage to beat Brazil
... I'm sure maybe a couple of beers will be drunk by the Tartan Army. That's for sure.”
Scotland is hoping to qualify for the knockout stage at the World Cup for the frst time following eight previous group-stage exits.
The Scots got of to a good start to their frst World Cup in 28 years, beating Haiti 1-0 in their opener for their frst win on soccer's biggest stage since 1990.
Following a 1-0 loss to Morocco, Scotland is third in Group C with three points, needing a draw or potentially a narrow loss against Brazil to make it out of the group stage.
“When it comes to the game, we are in control of our own destiny at the minute,” Robertson said.
“We've still got a game to play. We've already got three points. What we know is if we get a result tomorrow, we'll be 100% through. So we have to focus on that.”
Brazil forward Neymar could potentially return from a right calf injury for the match, but Robertson said getting through the juggernaut squad will be
tough regardless of who suits up.
“It's not really if we want to face Neymar. If we want to face Vinícius Júnior. If we want to face Endrick. If we want to face (Gabriel) Martinelli,” Robertson said.
“I could go on and name every player on the Brazil squad. They have so much quality. We just have to prepare and try to play the best we can because we know they have quality on every single possession. And we know if they have to make substitutions, they have quality.”
Scotland has never beaten Brazil in 10 meetings and is winless in eight previous World Cup matches against South American opponents.
Brazil has lost only one of its last 16 World Cup group matches against European teams. Scotland coach Steve Clarke grew up admiring Brazil after watching the dominance of the 1970 team featuring Pelé. He noted he's excited to face the powerhouse that he grew to love.
“But tomorrow night,” Clarke said, "we have to not love Brazil and love Scotland more."
HOUSTON (AP) —
Cristiano Ronaldo became the frst player to score in six diferent World Cup tournaments yesterday by getting two goals in Portugal’s 5-0 win over Uzbekistan.
The 41-year-old Ronaldo made history in the sixth minute when João Cancelo crossed it to him and he shot with his right foot to make it 1-0.
He ran toward the bench and celebrated with his
teammates after the score. He scored again in the 39th minute when he got a pass from Bruno Fernandes and shot with his right foot just inside the near post to make the score 3-0.
Ronaldo was named man of the match.
The goals make him the second-oldest player to score at a World Cup behind Cameroon forward Roger Milla, who was 42 when he scored at the 1994 tournament in the United States.
Ronaldo's goals come after he was criticised for
failing to score in Portugal's 1-1 draw against Congo in the team's opening match.
Ronaldo and Argentina captain Lionel Messi became the only men in history to play in six World Cup tournaments this year.
Ronaldo’s scoring streak started in his debut in 2006 and he also netted goals in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.
While he shares the record for most tournaments with Messi, he stands alone in scoring a goal in each edition after Messi failed to score a goal at the 2010 World Cup in South
Africa. Ronaldo’s goals Tuesday gave him 10 career goals in the tournament.
Messi has 18 after a hat trick in Argentina's opener against Algeria and two more goals Monday against Austria that made him the all-time leading scorer in tournament history. His
performance extended his record by giving him 145 international goals, and his 10 career goals in the World Cup moved him past Eusébio's nine to make him Portugal's all-time scoring leader at the tournament.
Tuesday's game was the 230th of Ronaldo’s international career, which is the most in history. This is likely to be the fnal World Cup for Ronaldo, who won the European Championship with Portugal in 2016 and the Champions League fve times with Manchester United and Real Madrid.
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SPORTS
Freedom Farm captures 5 titles
Leaves Brice Newball Foundation BBA National Baseball Championships with plenty to celebrate
WHILE the Junior Baseball League of Nassau (JBLN) celebrated the 20U national championship on Father’s Day, the Freedom Farm Baseball League left the Brice Newball Foundation Bahamas Baseball Association National Baseball Championships with plenty to celebrate as well.
Freedom Farm captured fve of the seven division titles contested during the four-day tournament, continuing its dominance across the younger age groups and showcasing the depth of its developmental system.
The national championships were played at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex and the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium and featured competition in the 6U, 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 20U divisions.
Freedom Farm claimed championships in the 6U, 8U, 10U, 12U and 14U divisions, accounting for fve of the seven titles awarded. Their closest championship game came in the 14U division where they held of JBLN for a 6-5 victory.
The Community Baseball League secured the bronze medal.
In the 12U division, Freedom Farm defeated the Grand Bahama Little
League 4-1 to win gold, while Legacy Baseball League earned bronze. Freedom Farm was equally impressive in the 10U championship game, blanking Grand Bahama Little League 9-0. JBLN fnished third in that division.
The 8U championship was another one-sided afair as Freedom Farm defeated the Mario Ford 8U Baseball Squad 14-0 to secure the title. JBLN claimed bronze.
In the 6U division, Freedom Farm emerged victorious in a best-of-three championship series against Legacy Baseball League. The only championships that eluded Freedom Farm came in the oldest divisions. Grand Bahama Baseball League captured the 16U title, while JBLN claimed the 20U championship behind tournament MVP Jayden Deveaux.
Freedom Farm 20U head coach Jef Francis said his team entered the tournament with championship expectations but struggled to overcome issues on the mound during a critical stretch. “We were expecting to go to the gold medal game,” Francis said. “I think we started out very well. Our biggest problem was in the third inning when the pitchers started walking so many ball players, even to a point where he walked two runners in. It was an uphill battle after that.”
Francis said the free passes ultimately proved too much to overcome.
“There is no defence against walks in baseball and so that was the Achilles heel for the team,” he said.
Although disappointed with the result in the 20U division, Freedom Farm’s overall performance underscored the strength of a programme that placed teams at the top of nearly
every age group represented at the national championships. From T-Ball through the 14U ranks, Freedom Farm consistently delivered championship performances, leaving the tournament with fve national titles and reaffrming its status as one of the leading youth baseball organisations in The Bahamas.
The Fantastic Four: Female quarter-milers
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FOR the frst time in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's National Outdoor Track and Field Championships, The Bahamas had four female quarter-milers competing.
While Javonya Valcourt, a senior at Tennessee, was the only one to advance out of the semifnals and went on to fnish third in the fnal in 50.16 seconds, the remaining three fell short of qualifying for the fnal.
Quincy Penn, a junior at Florida, just missed advancing with the ninth and fnal spot after she placed 10th in 51.33. Lacarthea Cooper, a senior at Texas A&M, was 17th in 51.65 and Collinique Farrington, a senior at Texas Tech, was 20th in 51.96. That set up a much anticipated showdown at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations'
