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VI’s Jharel L. Cotton making Major League debut on Wednesday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islander Jharel L. Cotton will make his debut in Major League Baseball on Wednesday September 7, 2016, when he starts for the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Angels at the Oakland Colliseum, California.
Kleon ‘BigKle’ Penn makes Timberwolves debut
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands’ Kleon ‘BigKle’ Penn made his debut for NBA team Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday October 10, 2015 against the Chicago Bulls in front of a packed house of 15,294 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Canada.
Wrol Up debuts; Town Hall returns @ Pre Festival races
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – As the anticipation builds towards Sunday’s July 12, 2015 Pre-Festival races at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, one new horse will be making its debut while a known name will be returning to competition following a hiatus to recover from injury.
Tragedy strikes race horse Starship Villain
RED HOOK, St. Thomas, USVI – Starship Villain, a St. Thomas horse making his debut appearance at the Clinton E. Phipps racetrack yesterday April 27, 2012, had to be euthanized after he suffered an owner’s worst nightmare – a badly broken leg and went into a cardiac arrest.