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MOTOGP : MARC MARQUEZ – STILL THE KING OF TWO WHEELS!

May 20th, 2019

So, when I was leaving my humble abode, BET was ripping a popular hip hob/R&B ‘chune’. When I returned, hours later, the same hip hop/R&B ‘chune’ was flirting – again – with the atmosphere. Here is the icing on the cake though – one of the first lines in the ‘chune’ – Fat Joe says [...]

FERRARI WILL WIN IN SPAIN!

May 10th, 2019

Two defeat-defying miracles in two days in UEFA Champions League, prove that even when hope is absent, it is not entirely lost. No one who understands the beautiful game and the concept of total football would have predicted that Liverpool could silence Barcelona fans, by overturning a 3 goal deficit to a squad which is [...]

JAMWEST WILL BE ON FIRE ON MAY 26TH!

May 8th, 2019

So, I passed through the launch of the next thrilling event on the 2019 circuit racing calendar – CIRCUIT WHEELS ON FIRE – scheduled for the magnificent facility at Jamwest Speedway on Sunday May 26, 2019. Based on the posture of the drivers in attendance at the launch and what we have come to expect [...]

CARNIVAL OF SPEED – THE BEST PARTY IN ST ANN! FINAL

May 4th, 2019

Barbados is home to a bevy of rapid machines. One such machine was said to be the most rapid of the lot – Roger Mayers’ Ford Focus. In a conversation I had with Stephen Gunter, he suggested that the machine was indeed a scotch bonnet! We have always wanted to see that machine ripping laps [...]

CARNIVAL OF SPEED – THE BEST PARTY IN ST ANN! Part 3

April 29th, 2019

He came rushing from where the video-camera was mounted – [read what follows in excited, hurried patois] - ”Doug Gore have too much to prove. Doug Gore have too much to prove!” – he exclaimed repeatedly. His voice maintained an amplified volume. I could not determine if he was disappointed, overly excited or he was [...]

CARNIVAL OF SPEED – THE BEST PARTY IN ST ANN! Part 2

April 24th, 2019

Who or what was responsible for the back-in-the-days Reggae Sunsplash-type crowd that was present a Jamaica’s circuit racing coliseum? It is a question to which many answers have been advanced. Was it Doug Gore and the BEAST? Was it the LueBoyz? Was it ‘Wings’ Myers and the KFC gang? Was it Kyle ‘Speedy’ Gregg? Was [...]

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