Category: Sports
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More Than a Meet-and-Greet—It’s a Statement
Keleah Rose The 2025 UVI basketball, track, and cross-country teams preview a season built on unity, mindset, and determination. (STT. September 15, 2025). The UVI community showed up last Friday to get a first look at our sports teams, and the energy in the gym made it clear that this season will be one to…
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SAY HER NAME: LACOUR
LACOUR is on FIRE as she literally jumps over Wiley basketball rival during the Lady Bucs first win of the season. UVI Lady Buc’s First win of the season MA- LAY-AH: Say Her Name! Maliah Lacour is on Fire! The senior guard scored a season-high 27 points in a dominant performance on her senior night….
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Jalil Langston and Amyaoa’ah Phillips Earn 56 Points Combined
Jalil Langston with 24 points and Amyaoa’ah Phillips with 32 points lead their team to a win with 56 Points Combined against Kuyper College.
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LaCour Shines Through the Losses
Staff (St. Thomas. January 2025) Maliah LaCour’s performance against the Lady Knights women’s basketball team from Southern University in New Orleans earlier this month was exceptional. Her display of Caribbean sports prowess at the Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas was a sight to behold despite the team’s disappointing loss of 93-63. …
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NBA Commissioner Wants to Maintain a Balance
by Nico Thomas (STT, September 21, 2023)-NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s stance on star players and their commitment to respect contracts has caused some controversy. Silver has been increasingly vocal in recent years about star players demanding trades and not fully honoring the contracts they signed with their teams. The stance has gained significant attention and…
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The Backlash Against Angel Reese and the Need for Inclusive Athletic Environments
by Michael Bell, UVI Voice 2.0 reporter (STT, April 6, 2023) The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament is arguably the most anticipated college event, and the ‘softer’ gender garnered the spotlight this year. According to ESPN, the LSU-Iowa game watched by 9.0 million people was the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game on record. Traditionally, fans tune…
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The Lakers Miss the Playoffs
by Michael Bell (STX-February 1, 2023) The Lakers missed a spot in the playoffs with LeBron James suffering an injury and D’Angelo Russel making a comeback after six years. This is going to be an interesting season in the basketball arena. For the Lakers, it will be intense as they try to rise with a…
