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Burrows signs with FOS Provence-Basket Byers in French Pro B League

JARAUN “Kino” Burrows is set to make a return to a former club as he makes another move in the LNB French Pro B League.

IOC sets aside $800m for loans, payments linked to pandemic

THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) has earmarked a fund of $800m to bear the costs of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics and support “the wider Olympic movement.”

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Top javelin thrower Otabor aims for FIU

Rhema Otabor, already established as one of the top junior female javelin throwers in the region, is heading to Florida International University in Miami, Florida, in August.

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Dickinson State Hall of Fame: Ramon Miller to be inducted

BAHAMIAN quarter-miler turned policeman Ramon Miller heads the list of persons who will be inducted into the Dickinson State University’s Hall of Fame class for 2020.

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Cooper Jr graduates from Drake University

It took a little longer than expected, but after five years of juggling his time and energy in academics, sports, church and the community, versatile, multi-talented Michael Cooper Jr has now graduated from Drake University.

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Curry-Turnquest dies on her 63rd birthday

THE softball community is mourning the loss of Molere Curry-Turnquest.

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Sastre Jr commits to join Seahawks

BAHAMIAN water polo continues to increase in international profile and produce collegiate prospects.

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Trio to join Pioneers basketball club this fall

A trio of Bahamian hoop prospects will make the transition as teammates from the prep to the collegiate level.

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‘I would love to be home’

While he was not fortunate to get out of the United States of America before the Bahamas Government closed its border for international travel because of the spread of the coronavirus, former Major League Baseball player turned coach Antoan Richardson is making the best of his conditions in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Joseph named Most Valuable track and field team member

TRAVIS Joseph’s stellar freshman season was recognised by his Valley City State Vikings when the programme announced its postseason awards.

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Rising tennis star Major Jr off to promising career

HE’S off to a promising career as one of the rising young tennis players in the country. But like everybody else, Michael Major Jr has been forced to work out from home with no activities for players in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association or the International Tennis Federation as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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THE PRESS BOX: In COVID-19 pandemic, ‘Thank god for game replays on YouTube’

AS we continue to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, and things slowly return to normalcy, pro sports continue to remain sidelined, leaving sports fans with nothing of substance to fill the sports void.

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Bain’s jersey, shoes in Hall of Fame

It’s not every day that a Bahamian basketball player gets to hit a momentous, game-winning shot for his team to pull off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball. The performance was so significant that Nathan Bain will get his Stephen F Austin Lumberjack jersey and tennis shoes donated to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Mackey Jr named EBA’s Eurobasket Player of the Year

BAHAMIAN pro basketball player Willis Mackey Jr received league-wide recognition for a standout rookie season in Spain.

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WBC ‘casualty’ for top minor league players

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to force cancellations throughout the baseball world with the 2021 World Baseball Classic reportedly the latest casualty.