How do you transform from slinging crack cocaine to slinging billionaire lyrics to slinging ‘house nigger’ semantics within two decades—while simultaneously kicking to the curb the most prominent black face in the fight for social justice for the last generation in one fell swoop? Easy, you’re US hip hop star …
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Ascension Rd 6: ‘Army’ hold Rangers after ‘Demon’ penalty save, mixed emotions as Jabloteh edge Prisons
Defence Force custodian Aaron ‘Demon’ Enill gave Terminix La Horquetta Rangers forward Tyrone Charles the Heebie-jeebies, as the former East Mucurapo schoolboy saves his second penalty of the season in goalless draw. Marvin Gordon fumes as San Juan Jabloteh labour against Prison Service but 14-year-old Jaheim Faustin thrills in brief …
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Boyo boy! Gonzales gets collector’s item as Defence Force edge Jabloteh to reclaim top billing
Defence Force reclaimed pole position in the Ascension Invitational Tournament yesterday, however it was anything but comprehensive, as they eked out a come from behind 2-1 win over San Juan Jabloteh at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar. The fact that Defence Force’s decisive late item came from veteran defender …
Read More »If WI-shes were horses, Holder wouldn’t have to worry about hurricanes
Buoyed by the recent receipt of awards and bestowal on him of new accolades, Jason Holder may well believe that the home side he leads can match the visitors in the two-Test series which starts in Antigua today. I honestly hope he does not. Named West Indies Test Player of …
Read More »Usain’s last lap—Pt 2: Bolt gets rare rear view on red-letter day
Usain Bolt came on the sprinting scene as a highly talented 15-year-old with an awkward running style. Today, a decade and a half later as he prepares to say farewell to track and field, the Leo St Leo has, under the guiding hand of home-based Jamaican coach Glen Mills, changed …
Read More »Pro League and TTSL go separate ways as T-League hopes fade for 2019; Guardian $3 million claim refuted
The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League has confirmed that their clubs will go it alone this season, after a board meeting this morning. The decision, relayed via a press statement by CEO Julia Baptiste, means curtains for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s proposed T-League, which should have been an …
Read More »Salaah: Time to regulate school transport
While the nation is wrapped up with the debacle of discredited former PNM Minister Marlene McDonald and her co-accused, allow me to turn our attention, if only briefly, to a topic that has been dwarfed by the incessant dilemmas that take place daily in Trinbago: school bus transportation. The July/August …
Read More »Usain’s last lap; happy 33rd birthday, Bolt from the Caribbean blue
Usain St Leo Bolt turns 33 tomorrow. As a birthday salute to the Caribbean’s most decorated sprinting legend, Wired868 shares this tribute with our readers. The original version of this story was written for a now disappeared magazine just over two years ago when the Jamaican icon finally bowed out …
Read More »Media monitor: An off-Monday for voice, vision and print? You’re kidding!
Jinks. India’s Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane’s all-formats skipper, has often called him by that nickname in post-match interviews. But since he has made a splash or two in the Indian Premier League and occasionally been a stand-out performer for the Indians over the last few years, Kohli’s handful of familiar …
Read More »Gordon rages as Jabloteh labour to win over Prisons; but coos over 14-year-old debutant, Faustin
San Juan Jabloteh head coach Keith Jeffrey is abroad at present and his assistant, Marvin Gordon, was in charge as the ‘San Juan Kings’ faced Prison Service FC at Bourg Mulatresse yesterday afternoon. Perhaps someone should have informed versatile ex-National Under-17 Team midfielder Jodel Brown of such. By the final …
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