Author: Mark Lee
Walker Strikes More Jamaican Gold in Olympics 400m Hurdles
Jamaica’s Melaine Walker broke the Olympic record to win gold in the women’s 400m hurdles. America’s Sheena Tosta was second in 53.70 with Briton Tasha Danvers Continue reading
Another Golden Girl – Veronica Campbell-Brown Takes Olympics 200m
Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown continued the island’s domination of the Olympics taking the 200 meters in 21.74 seconds, a personal best, with compatriot Kerron taking bronze Continue reading
Bolt Strikes Twice – New Olympics 200m Record
Going for the mark. Lightning does strike twice in the same place. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt ran 19.30 sec in the men’s 200m finals to take Continue reading
Jamaican Women in Historic Olympic 100 meter Win
Team Jamaica takes gold, silver, silver (image captured from CBC, Canada) Jamaican women sprinters set a new record placing one, two, two in the 100 Continue reading
Jamaicans, running scared and running out of time
“We have a crime problem that’s the second highest in the world and so we need a strong, decisive national security strategy,” said [Jamaica’s prime Continue reading
The Week That Was – Sharing Up the World and all That…
A New York Times columnist quotes Michael Specter, in the New Yorker: “There was a brief five-year period when we could get away with treating Continue reading
Usain Bolt Miles Ahead in 100m Olympics Sprint
Usain Bolt seemed to trot to finish a mile ahead of the competition in the Olympic 100m sprint Saturday. In the process he set a Continue reading
200m Olympic Champion Veronica Campbell has a Thing to Prove in Beijing
Olympic 200 meters Champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has been answering questions about her not qualifying for the 100m and whether there’s still a chance that she Continue reading
Scenes From the Biggest Street Festival in North America
Ebony and Ivory. They say Caribana, the annual Caribbean carnival in Toronto, is North America’s biggest street festival. More than a million visitors are said Continue reading
Busy Signal Set to Release New Dancehall Album, Loaded.
A new release from Jamaican dancehall DJ Busy Signal, is set to hit record stands September 9, VP Records announced. “The leading Jamaican deejay unleashes an Continue reading