HILARY HOSIA Mimo Jacklik and Malachi Aneo were named Most Valuable Players during the closing of the 42nd Bank of Marshall Islands 3×3 basketball tournament at the Educational and Cultural Center last week. The two were chosen for their leading scores in their respective division: Mimo scored 53 points playing for the champions Team Jaluit in […]
Basketball continues to be the sport of choice among Marshallese regardless of age as evident by the large turnout in the two-day Marshall Islands Basketball Federation-sponsored basketball clinic over the weekend. The mini-clinic catered to children ages 8 to 14 where basketball fundamentals were taught by members of the national basketball men’s and women’s teams. […]
HILARY HOSIA The death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna Monday morning in California is considered the crash heard around the world — even in tiny Marshall Islands thousands of miles away in the central Pacific. Hundreds of Marshallese, some of whom named their sons after Kobe, took to social media to […]
ISAAC MARTY RMI boys and girls national basketball teams are breaking sweat and working out their game plans as they prep for the Under-17 FIBA Oceania Championship in Guam in July. Girls basketball coaches Lani Ackley and his mother Leilani Ackley have confidence in their team as they work through two-a-day practices. Leilani explained there […]
