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by: Trudy Williams

The 4th MILO Central Champs runs off tomorrow at the GC Foster College in St. Catherine with a record forty (40) schools including two new ones (Ascott High and Hydel High). The two day meet – Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12 – will begin at 9:30 am each day and will feature defending champions Holmwood Technical (girls) and St. Jago High (boys).

The top five schools last year were: Girls – Holmwood, Vere Technical, Edwin Allen, Manchester High and Bellfield while the top five boys schools were: St. Jago, Holmwood, Claude McKay, Edwin Allen and Vere Technical.

Jerry Holness, meet director and coach of Manchester High indicated that this year’s championship will see high quality competition as the top five girls schools nationally all hail from the central region. In the boys section, St. Jago is expected to be the runaway winner based on their current form and the fact the last year they won by a big margin over second place Holmwood last year.

He also mentioned some of the young athletes to look out for this year including Jenieve Russell and Chris-Ann Gordon from Holmwood; Shericka Jackson from Vere; sisters Nikita and Ristananna Tracey and from Edwin Allen; Natoya Goule and Sandrae Farquharson from Manchester High; Kemoy Campbell from Bellfield High and Kemar Bailey-Cole from Old Harbour High.

The first event on the track on day one will be the 400M Hurdles Open for boys and girls while the meet will end with the 4×400M Relays for boys and girls.

The 4th staging of MILO Central Champs was launched today (Thursday, March 4) at the Tropics View Hotel in Mandeville. Meet organizer Jerry Holness announced that the meet will be held at GC Foster College next Thursday and Friday (March 11 and 12) beginning at 9:30 am each day. He spoke about the importance of staging MILO Central Champs to the region and that it represents a good indication of how the girls’ teams will perform at Champs.

He also spoke about the continuing domination of the central region in the girl’s category at Champs and that it will be no different at ‘Champs 100’ later this month. To support his point, Holness pointed to the fact that schools in the central region won Girls Champs a total of 37 times – more than any other region, with Vere Technical – 23 times and 15 straight wins, Holmwood – seven times (straight wins), St. Jago High – four times and Manchester High – 3 times.

He also said that the region had produced more national representatives the any other region. This year the entire team to the NACAC Cross Country Championship in Trinidad that left the island today come out of the central region. Additionally the technical leader (Jerry Holness) and about half of the team to the IAAF Indoor Championship in Doha next week is made up of central region athletes. Read the rest of this entry »

EDMONTON, Alberta – Actress and singer Hilary Duff, who had a recurring guest role on the popular CW series last season, is engaged to Edmonton Oilers forward Mike Comrie.

Publicist Nanci Ryder says the two were engaged last weekend while vacationing in Hawaii. She says in an e-mail distributed by the Oilers on Friday that the two “are very excited to share this happy news.”

The proposal comes during the NHL’s two-week break for the Olympics.

The 22-year-old Duff and 29-year-old Comrie had been dating for over two years.

JAMAICA’S triple Olympic and World Championships gold medallist Usain Bolt has inked a book deal with HarperSport, valued at a whopping £2 million. According to a report published by insidethegames, the two-book deal, which was announced yesterday, will include an autobiography shortly after the London 2012 Games.

Jonathan Taylor, the publishing director of Harper NonFiction, bought world rights in a deal brokered with Bolt’s representatives by Chris Nathaniel of NVA Management.

“Welcoming Usain into the HarperSport fold is a huge thrill and a real privilege. He is the most iconic sports star on the planet and our global publishing plans for him are exciting and extensive,” Taylor said. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger Woods and wife Elin

BBC SPORTS A tearful Tiger Woods has made a frank apology for cheating on his wife.

The world number one golfer was talking publicly for the first time since the scandal surrounding his private life erupted in late November last year.

“I was unfaithful, I had affairs and I cheated. What I did was unacceptable,” said the 14-time major winner.

The 34-year-old added: “I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife’s family, my friends, my foundation and kids all around the world who admired me.”

Woods said he did not rule out returning to golf this year but indicated he did not as yet have a date, adding he would be undergoing further therapy for his problems on Saturday.

“I do plan to return to golf one day,” said the American. “I just don’t know when that day will be.

“I don’t rule out that it will be this year. When I do return I need to make my behaviour more respectful to the game.” Read the rest of this entry »

After twelve (12) completed finals yesterday (Thursday, February 18) at Herbert Morrison High School, defending champion Munro College with 97 1/2 points is leading in the MILO Western Champs boys’ elimination. Peter’s Field and Herbert Morrison with 66 points each are in joint second. St. Elizabeth Technical – 62 and Godfrey Stewart – 25 round out the top five positions.

One record was broken i.e. the Class I Shot Put. Emanuel Onyia of Munro recorded a throw of 17.59M to erase Clackston Bernard’s 1998 record of 16.53M.

The twelve completed finals are Discus Class I, II and III, Long Jump Class II, III and IV, High Jump Class I, III and IV, Shot Put Class I, 3000M and 5000M.

Eighteen of the twenty-eight competing boys schools have gained points so far.

Come tomorrow (Saturday, February 19) the finals will get under way at Herbert Morrison Technical starting at 9:30 am when all the schools (boys and girls) who reach the various finals will battle each other for top honours.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Out of sight for almost three months, Tiger Woods will be back for a day.

After that — who knows.

Golf’s biggest star is to make his first public appearance Friday since he ran his SUV over a fire hydrant and into a tree outside his Florida home on Nov. 27, setting off a shocking and sordid sex scandal.

The setting for his return is decidedly friendly. It may be hard to remember the planet is watching.

Woods will speak to a small group of “friends, colleagues and close associates” in the Sunset Room on the second floor of the TPC Sawgrass, home of the PGA Tour. Just one video camera will broadcast the event and there will be no questions.

Once he’s done, Woods apparently won’t be sticking around much longer.

He is to return to therapy after he speaks about his infidelity and his future plans, according to a letter from PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem obtained by The Associated Press.

Finchem’s letter to the PGA Tour policy board and other officials explained why Woods chose Friday to make his first public comments, which are to be televised live by the major networks.

Woods’ statement comes during the Match Play Championship, sponsored by Accenture, the first company to drop Woods as a pitchman. Read the rest of this entry »

After thirteen(13) completed finals yesterday (Tuesday, February 16) at William Knibb High School, defending champion St. Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) on 146 points is leading in the MILO Western Champs girls elimination. Herbert Morrison with 73 points is a distant second. Frome 61, Hampton 32 and St. James High 30 round out the top five.

Host school William Knibb lies in 9th position on 12 points while Mannings 9 returns after a two year absence. Mannings entered just one athlete Omesha Locke who won her event the Class II Discus at a distance of 31.02M. Mannings is in joint 10th position with Spot Valley and Cambridge.

Alethia McLaughin of STETHS posted a time of 4:56.8 to break the 1500M Class III record set in 1999 by Shellion Guthrie of Grange Hill who posted 5:10.2 then.

The thirteen completed finals are Discus Class I – III, Long Jump Class II and IV, High Jump Class I, III and IV, Shot Put, Javelin and 1500M Class I – III.

Sixteen of the twenty-two competing girls schools have gained points so far.

Come tomorrow 28 schools will be on track for the boys elimination at Herbert Morrison Technical starting at 9am while the finals will get underway at the same location on Saturday.

Okay now Tiger baby lets bury the hatchet and move right along to business as usual. This has been one long drawn out saga about the so-called “Tiger Woods Transgression”. Let me ask you guys, have you always been faithful in your marriages? I hope so. Is Tiger Woods the first man guilty of marital infidelity? Im not in agreement with what the golf star has done to his marriage and his family, but seems to me like some people wouldn’t mind taking the brother to the gallows for his MARITAL INFIDELITY.

Well, this Friday he will be holding a press conference to pour out his soul and I suspect it will be in an effort to get back on the good side of his lovely wife, business colleagues and sponsors. And why not?
As first reported by Fox Business Network Senior Correspondent Charlie Gasparino, Tiger Woods will hold a news conference Friday in Florida to discuss both his future and his admission to “transgressions” last year that were reported to involve marital infidelity.

According to a statement from Woods’ agent, the golfer will speak to a small group of “friends, colleagues and close associates” at 11 a.m. Friday at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Woods plans to apologize for his behavior last year, when several women reported having affairs with the renowned golfer. Read the rest of this entry »

By Marc J. Spears

Los Angeles Clippers center Marcus Camby(notes) may have unknowingly attended his own farewell dinner on Monday night.

The Clippers are on the verge of completing a trade that will send Camby to the Portland Trail Blazers, league sources said, but the veteran center is not happy about the potential deal.

The proposed trade, which was first reported by Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, will send Camby to Portland in exchange for forward Travis Outlaw(notes), guard Steve Blake(notes) and cash.

In town in advance of their Tuesday game against the Trail Blazers, the Clippers were having a team dinner at Portland’s Ringside steakhouse Monday night when Camby received a call on his cell phone from his agent, Rick Kaplan. Kaplan informed Camby that he will likely be traded to Portland.

One league source cautioned that the Blazers’ ownership had yet to sign off on the deal. The Denver Nuggets also are trying to make a last-ditch effort to bring back Camby before the Portland deal is finalized. Read the rest of this entry »