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The NBA 2023 playoffs and what you need to know

May 09, 2013 knews Sports Comments Off on The NBA 2023 playoffs and what you need to know

The 2023 NBA playoffs are already happening in full speed, and it is turning into yet another exciting event in the history of the NBA. Since the season started in early April, the teams and players...

All Eyes on the Court as Teams Battle it Out in the NBA Playoffs

May 09, 2013 knews Sports Comments Off on All Eyes on the Court as Teams Battle it Out in the NBA Playoffs

The NBA Playoffs are always an exciting time for basketball fans, as the best teams from each conference compete against one another to see who will take home the championship title. This...

The Impact of Technology on the NBA

May 09, 2013 knews Sports Comments Off on The Impact of Technology on the NBA

Technology has had a major impact on the NBA, from how the game is played to how it is broadcast, viewed and analyzed. Innovations and advancements have changed how we all experience basketball on...

Book Review: Writer blasts corrupt Guyanese society

Sep 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Book Review: Writer blasts corrupt Guyanese society

Book Review: Guyana: A National Cesspool of greed, duplicity and corruption (A Remigrant’s Story) – GHK Lall By Dr Glenville Ashby In what can only be described as a daring literary exercise,...

E-Networks Inc. links with ESPN Caribbean for exclusive coverage of ICC Twenty20 WC

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on E-Networks Inc. links with ESPN Caribbean for exclusive coverage of ICC Twenty20 WC

– West Indies Men’s and Women’s teams considered strong contenders – ICC Women’s World Twenty20 semis and final also to air live Cable Provider E-Networks Inc. through its ESPN...

K&B Mining rescues AAG U-23 team

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on K&B Mining rescues AAG U-23 team

K&B Mining and Hardware Supply is the first business entity to come to the rescue of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Under-23 team that will compete at the South American Championships...

Intense rivalry anticipated in Topco Juices National Junior Championships precursor

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Intense rivalry anticipated in Topco Juices National Junior Championships precursor

Intense rivalry for chess honours is anticipated when the nation’s best junior players convene this morning for the TOPCO 2012 National Championship Qualifiers Tournament, under the auspices of the...

Devoted community leader and preacher, Samuel Singh, is a ‘Special Person’

Sep 16, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Devoted community leader and preacher, Samuel Singh, is a ‘Special Person’

By Leon Suseran Our ‘Special Person’ this week is proof that one can definitely make it in this life, despite overwhelming challenges, and when everything seems to be against you. You can say...

Courts 10km Road Race… Underdogs eager for big performance

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Courts 10km Road Race… Underdogs eager for big performance

By Edison Jefford The re-introduction of the Courts 10km Road Race Classic last year also re-introduced the era of competitive distance-running that has been one of the hallmarks of local athletics;...

Inquiring minds want to know… What has happened to that promised WBC super tournament?

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Inquiring minds want to know… What has happened to that promised WBC super tournament?

Boxing pundits accustomed to the monthly Friday Night Fights, an initiative of President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool, would have noted that there was a lapse in the...

Mackeson Smooth Moves : $1M challenge bounces off in Albouystown today

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Mackeson Smooth Moves : $1M challenge bounces off in Albouystown today

Last year, throngs of patrons flooded the renowned Independence Boulevard Basketball Court in Albouystown when the Georgetown stage of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Championships was...

Winning ICC award was a “shocker” says Taylor

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Winning ICC award was a “shocker” says Taylor

BRIGHTON, England – Stafanie Taylor said she was stunned to be named the ICC Women’s One-day International Player-of-the-Year. Taylor took the accolade ahead of West Indies Women’s team-mate...

Alvin Geronimo Braithwaite; from Sandbach Parker to World Cup Defender

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Alvin Geronimo Braithwaite; from Sandbach Parker to World Cup Defender

– former British Guiana & Guyana Int. 1964 – 1976; C’bbean selectee 1973 Statistician Charwayne Walker continues his series of features on Guyana’s World Cup Football players; Today...

Narine claims ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Narine claims ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – For the second year in a row, a West Indian spin bowler has won the International Cricket Council’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award. Sunil Narine, the off-spinner who...

“ICC WT-20 2012 – Beware of spoilers – Big noise does not always make great sense!”

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on “ICC WT-20 2012 – Beware of spoilers – Big noise does not always make great sense!”

Colin E. H. Croft Before ICC WT-20 2012 starts, let me divert quickly to another pending T-20 competition – Champions League 2012 in South Africa – which follows immediately, to inform...

Sangakkara wins big at ICC awards

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Sangakkara wins big at ICC awards

ESPNcricinfo – Kumar Sangakkara has won three awards, including the prestigious Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year at the annual ICC awards ceremony in Colombo. Sangakkara...

Marlon Williams pedals to record win; Matthews’ early celebrations jolted

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Marlon Williams pedals to record win; Matthews’ early celebrations jolted

By Franklin Wilson Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams made a historic return to winning ways, setting a new record in the feature 35-lap event at the DeSinco Trading / Degree sponsored 11 Race Cycle Meet...

“I want kids to have realistic dreams of playing football in Guyana”

Sep 16, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on “I want kids to have realistic dreams of playing football in Guyana”

– so says ‘Golden Jaguars’ Captain Chris Nurse Captain of the ‘Golden Jaguars’ Chris Ronald Nurse is hoping for the day when young players in Guyana can a have realistic dreams of...

The National Library – serving Guyana for 103 years

Sep 16, 2012 knews News Comments Off on The National Library – serving Guyana for 103 years

With a rich history of constant evolution aimed at bringing literacy to the Guyanese public, the National Library celebrated 103 years of existence last week Sunday (September 9, 2012). Boasting five...

The Tanager

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tanager

The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution. There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but...

UNASUR applies ‘democracy clause’ on Paraguay

Sep 16, 2012 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR applies ‘democracy clause’ on Paraguay

By Dr. Odeen Ishmael From time to time there have been instances when a particular state, by carrying out certain internal political actions, comes into conflict with the tenets of the regional or...

A Dark Time for the Caribbean

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on A Dark Time for the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders The importance of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries acting jointly to address their development needs has become acute. With high levels of debt to GDP ratios,...

Approving theft of intellectual property is the summit of bold-faced lawlessness

Sep 16, 2012 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Approving theft of intellectual property is the summit of bold-faced lawlessness

The recent pronouncements by chief spokesperson for the PPP/C government that it was a Cabinet decision to procure pirated text books and then to approve theft of intellectual property by saying it...

The power of the will

Sep 16, 2012 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The power of the will

By Adam Harris Every so often when I read a novel or watched a movie on a rich person I always found a portion devoted to the reading of a Will. Relatives from every corner of the world would...

Henry Greene has left a monumental legacy – Scout Association

Sep 16, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Henry Greene has left a monumental legacy – Scout Association

Although former Police Commissioner Henry Greene has passed on he has left behind a monumental legacy which will be continued in the years ahead. At least this is according to a touching tribute...