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Edgecombe, Mobley Off To Fast Starts In Summer League

U.S.A. – NBA Summer League is currently underway at two locations and it’s been an impressive start for Bahamian national team members.

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July 8, 2025

10th Year Seniors

U.S.A. – NBA Summer League is currently underway at two locations and it’s been an impressive start for Bahamian national team members.

VJ Edgecombe’s highlight reel was sidetracked by a thumb contusion that kept him out of game two at the Salt Lake City Summer League in Utah Monday night

When the Philadelphia Sixers took on the Oklahoma City Thunder.

He’s listed as day-to-day moving forward as the Sixers are scheduled to take on the Memphis Grizzlies tonight.

Isaiah Mobley has also put together a pair of productive games for the Golden State Warriors at the California Classic.

Mobley opened Summer League with 13 points in game one followed by 16 points and four rebounds in game two.

Tennis

The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association has officially announced its 2025 Davis Cup squad.

Captain John Antonas will lead a young team of Denali Nottage, Michael Major Jr., Donte Armbrister and Kofi Bowe.

The quartet will compete in the Americas zone group IV pool play, taking aim at promotion to group III at the end of August.

The team held its first official practice at the national tennis centre, ahead of the tie in Trinidad & Tobago, August 4-9.

Antonas has a Davis Cup history that dates back to his playing debut in 1975 and includes eight team nominations prior to his years as a coach.

Men’s national champion Denali Nottage received his third nomination, collegiate players, major -of Howard University and Armbrister of Hampton University received their second and fourth nominations respectively while Bowe will make his debut.

Track & Field

Bahamian athletes were in action in meets across the globe over the weekend from Europe to right here in the Caribbean.

Headlining that list, Ian Kerr finished first in the 200m with his time of 20.91 secs in Poznań, Poland, on World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Series.

Charisma Taylor also has a pair of recent second place finishes in the 100m hurdles on the World Athletics Continental Tour in France – 12.87s seconds at the sottevilLe-lès-rouen meet and 12.90 secs at the stanislas meet.

Also in France, decathlete Kendrick Thompson was back in action at the Decastar Meet and finished third in the decathlon with a season’s best 8177 points.

In Barbados a pair of relay teams fell short in their bid for World Championship qualification at the Barbados Grand Prix.

The 4x400m team of Zion Miller, Alonzo Russell, Andrew Styles and Wendell Miller, ran second in (three minutes five point zero five seconds) 3:05.05 secs.

The target for the World Championships is sub three minutes and the qualification deadline is August 24.

In the mixed relay, Wendell Miller and Zion Miller were joined by Printassia Johnson and Cassidra Thompson, to finish third in (three minutes sixteen point three eight seconds) 3:16.38

The mixed relay target goal is 3:11 for the World Championships