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EMPIRE SPORTS MEDICINE SERIES: Preparing your mind for performance

BEFORE competition, we expect athletes to warm up their bodies. A sprinter performs drills and progressively faster accelerations. A swimmer completes several lengths at increasing intensity. A basketball player shoots, moves through footwork patterns and gradually increases the pace.

Karting driver Lenox opens up with 3rd-place

TEN-year-old Bahamian karting driver Lenox Lockhart opened the 2026 WSK Final Cup with a third-place position in the Mini Gr. 3 championship standings after the opening round at the Franciacorta Karting Track in Castrezzato, Italy.

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'BJ' makes MLB debut

BERTRAM “BJ” Murray Jr finally got his opportunity at the highest level of baseball on Tuesday night, making his Major League Baseball debut for the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

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Sebas: ‘Don’t fall in love with technology alone’

A CABINET minister yesterday urged The Bahamas to focus on extracting the economic benefits and opportunities from digital connectivity, as he asserted: “Let us not fall in love with technology alone.”

Attorney fails to escape costs on Nygard’s ‘debt’

A BAHAMIAN attorney’s bid to escape paying legal costs over his failed bid to block the $11.9m sale of downtown Nassau’s Union Wharf property over an alleged debt owed by Peter Nygard has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.

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Bahamians urged: Don’t take BPL outages as ‘new normal’

BAHAMIANS must not accept power outages as the new normal, a former Abaco Chamber of Commerce president demanded yesterday, as she called on Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) to provide customers with “an automatic credit” for the hours they endure without energy.

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Auto dealer chief: No panic on first half 11% drop-off

THE BAHAMAS Motor Dealers Association’s (BMDA) president yesterday asserted there is no panic over the 11 percent decline in new auto sales for the 2026 first half as he and other vendors “feel the pinch” of increased shipping costs and delays.

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Airport fee increases ‘getting out of hand’

AVIATION providers yesterday warned fees and taxes are “getting out of hand” after the private operator for three key Family Island airports unveiled new and increased levies - including up to $66 directly on international passengers - to take effect from New Year’s Day 2027.