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Ole Miss projected no.6 in preseason coaches poll

YOLETT McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Rebels are expected to improve in one of the most keenly contested conferences in all of NCAA Division I.

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CEC Sand Dollars, Mariposa Gold Drops are winners in first horse show of year

SEVEN teams competed in the Bahamas Interscholastic Equestrian League (BIEL) show hosted by the LCIS Dragons at Mariposa Stables on Saturday.

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Swift Athletics track club stages 4th annual Fresh Creek Road Race

IN their continued effort to promote the track and field programme ran by former basketball player turned physical education teacher Felicia Cartwright, Andrew Tynes and his Swift Athletics Track Club returned to Andros to put on the fourth annual Fresh Creek Road Race.

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Atlantis rewards rising tennis stars

Sarae Rodgers and Maddison Bowleg, rising young players out of the Mark Knowles Tennis Bahamas programme, were rewarded by Atlantis Resorts yesterday for their victory and runner-up position at two separate (USTA) tournaments in Florida and Virginia respectively last month.

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Tourism Minister applauds White Sands Bahamas NCAA Golf Invitational teams at the Ocean Club

ACTING Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation (MOTIA) Chester Cooper delivers remarks at White Sands Bahamas NCAA Golf Invitationals at the Ocean Club Golf Course at Atlantis on October 31.

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Waltiea Rolle: ‘I can still play a little more before saying goodbye’

WALTIEA Rolle has had a successful return to pro basketball this season, but the veteran centre still believes she has much room for growth to reach both her short term and long term goals.

Avid golfers announce first annual Potcake Golf Tournament

A SMALL group of avid golfers is taking a swing at combining their love of the sport with their respect for animals – they’ve announced the first annual Potcake Golf Tournament.

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Dorsett continues to move up international softball ladder

BAHAMIAN long-time executive Burkett Dorsett continues to move up the international softball ladder, this time as one of the commissioners for the World Baseball Softball Confederation of Americas Competition.

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Tennis: Sydney Clarke and Blazers earn 10 match wins to end season

HAVING played in her fourth tournament for the year, Sydney Clarke said she’s glad to have made the adjustment to her game from the start of her sophomore season at the University of Arlington at Birmingham.

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Ayton sidelined with right leg contusion – Suns centre posts second straight double double

Deandre Ayton had his second consecutive double double of the season but was also sidelined with a right leg contusion.

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Aftershock Boxing Club hosts its first show in COVID-19 pandemic

VALENTINO Knowles and Keishno Major, two former top notch amateur boxers turned coaches and now organisers, were both quite impressed with what they saw from their newly formed Aftershock Boxing Club on Saturday night.

Burrows and Tigers get wins over Woodswide and Capers, Gibson and Huskies open season victorious

THE 2021-22 Atlantic University Sport men’s basketball season tipped off on October 29 and several Bahamians were active for their respective programmes in opening weekend double headers.

Prince catches three TDs

PRINCE Strachan continues to post standout numbers in his senior season of prep football.

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I-Elite Bahamas-plus takes 18-under title

BIRTHDAY boy Albert Cartwright and Geron Sands were quite pleased with the way their I-Elite Bahamas-plus team played at the fifth annual World Comes to the Palm Beaches International Baseball Tournament.

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Ayton ties career high 21 rebounds – Hield scores 26 points in 27 minutes

Buddy Hield’s Sacramento Kings got the better of Deandre Ayton’s Phoenix Suns in the first head-to-head matchup between the two this season.