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NCAA basketball: McCoy gets top honour, Bastian sets career high

MALACHI McCoy received a weekly honour as the top player in his conference and Lathaniel Bastian scored a new career high to highlight play from Bahamian student athletes in NCAA Division II basketball.

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‘Golden Girl’ Pauline Davis to release her memoir today

“GOLDEN Girl” Pauline Davis lived out a 10-year plan of writing her own story with today’s official release of her memoir entitled “Running Sideways.”

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Rowing Machines: Windsor School at Albany puts Bahamas on map

IT was a proud moment for the Windsor School at Albany and The Bahamas in the sport of rowing when a selected six-member team, four of whom are Bahamian, stepped foot inside the gymnasium at the Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas.

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‘Buddy’ Hield traded to Pacers in 6-player deal

In an expected move in the National Basketball Association yesterday, Grand Bahamian Chavano “Buddy” Hield was traded from the Sacramento Kings to the Indiana Pacers in a two-team, six-player deal.

High school baseball players get in line for season opener

WHILE there have been a number of local players signing professional baseball contracts over the past few months, a number of international players are looking forward to their high school season opener this weekend at the same school.

BSSAA kicks off basketball season

THE Bahamas Small Schools Athletic Association kicked off its 2022 basketball season on Monday at the Hope Centre’s Michael ‘Scooter’ Reid Basketball Courts on Monday with a pair of games played.

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BBF secures funding for national men’s baskeball team travel to FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier

WITH just about all of the funding secured, the Bahamas Basketball Federation is now preparing to assemble the men’s national team that will represent the country in the final two games of the second leg of the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier.

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National School Golf Championships March 21-25

THE Bahamas Golf Federation in conjunction with The Ministry of Education and The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, are expected to host the 2022 National School Golf Championships March 21-25 at the BGF facility.

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Randall, Archer commit to Conquistadors football

A pair of Bahamian football players are two of the latest in the pipeline from The Bahamas to one of the newest rising collegiate football prep programmes in South Florida.

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‘We feel they should throw those standards out the door’

WITH very few meets to compete in before the final trials next month, local coaches are calling on the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations to rescind on the qualifying standards for the return of the CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Twelve-year-old Finley Lambert sails away with Optimist National Championship title

AFTER returning since it was postponed in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, 12-year-old Finley McKinney Lambert clinched the Optimist National Championship title in the waters of Montagu Bay.

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BIG SWING: UB ladies’ softball team ready for first international tour this week

THE University of The Bahamas women’s softball team practiced ahead of the team’s first set of international games set for this week.

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Time trials allowed to continue

With all of the COVID- 19 protocols in place and no spectators in the stands, Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) president Drumeco Archer said they lived up to their end of the bargain in hosting their Star Performers Time Trials Meet at the original Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Saturday.

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Athletes qualify for the CARIFTA Games

KEYSHAWN Strachan, in rewriting his Bahamian national javelin record, led a list of nine athletes who achieved the qualifying standards for the 2022 CARIFTA Games in Kingston, Jamaica, set for the Easter holiday weekend.

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Martin wins long jump, Gaither second in 200m final

GRAND Bahamian jumper Holland Martin and sprinter Tynia Gaither led a list of Bahamians competing in various collegiate meets in the United States over the weekend by snatching a victory and a runner-up position in their respective events.