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Rutherford ready, set...

AFTER graduating from Providence Academy as a two-sport star in track and field and basketball, Peter ‘JP’ Rutherford Jr, pictured, is now making his transition at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas where his concentration will be solely on track as a sprinter.

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Chisholm can’t stop Marlins exit

Jazz Chisholm made his Major League Baseball postseason debut in what turned out to be the final game of the season for his Miami Marlins as they were eliminated from the playoffs.

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Tributes are paid to coach McPhee

GEORGE McPhee, a former veteran player, who went on to coach a number of the rising young players in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association, passed away at his home on Wednesday morning two days before his 69th birthday today.

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THE PRESS BOX: All quiet about the Cowboys

Mum’s the word on my Cowboys, we are in a bad state right now. In fact if the Cowboys were a horse they would have to be put down humanely, to put their fans out of their suffering. Now back to mum’s the word!

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Jonquel returns

After she opted out of the 2020 WNBA season, Jonquel Jones made her official return to the basketball court this week in the Russian Women’s Basketball Premier League.

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Marlins on the brink of elimination

Jazz Chisholm and the Miami Marlins are faced with elimination for the first time in the 2020 MLB playoffs.

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Reckley and Johnson in international showcase

Bahamian baseball prospects continue to showcase their skills on the international stage.

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Offer already on the table as Wilson weighs next move

Wardrick Wilson’s recruitment has reopened since he signed on for a year of prep football and the former four star recruit had already received one official Division I offer.

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Golden Girl urges next generation to pick up the baton

AS the last of the Golden Girls to compete on the women’s 4 x 400 meter relay team, sprinter Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie said it’s disappointing that the Bahamas wasn’t able to continue the trend of producing more female athletes to compete at the major international track and field meets.

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Lashan bounces back with a bang

AFTER losing her first two games as a professional female basketball player, Lashann Higgs and the Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM finally got their first win in the Liga Femenina Endesa, the top division of women’s basketball in Spain.

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Clarke blazing a trail at Alabama

SYDNEY Clarke made a successful debut for the University of Alabama at Arlington (UAB) as she helped the Blazers produce a great showing at the ITA Fall Circuit at the Athletic Club in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Tureano on target

The Tureano Johnson bout against Jamie Munguia is just over three weeks away and the former WBO super welterweight champion appears confident of his chances against the Bahamian middleweight.

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Chris Brown salutes hero Tommie Smith

FROM one Olympian to another, Bahamian quarter-miler Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown said he was honored to have been asked to assist in the fourth Live the Legacy Gala that was held on Saturday night for American 200m Olympic gold medalist Dr Tommie Smith.

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Pair are making it big in Japan

The Japanese B-League tipped off its season opener last weekend and a pair of Bahamian national team players saw their respective teams get off to perfect starts.

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Bridgewater’s star on the rise

Dominick Bridgewager is emerging as a star in France’s Nationale Masculine 2 (NM2) League.