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Modified Pitch Softball league All-Star games on Saturday

THE New Providence (Wholesalers) Modified Pitch Softball league is scheduled to play its 2019 All-Star games at the Blue Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

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Hield: 'It always feels great to be back'

YEAR five of the Buddy Hield Summer Basketball Camp concluded in Grand Bahama as the NBA star continues to seek innovative ways to use his platform to assist community outreach.The Sacramento Kings guard, set to enter his fourth NBA season this fall,

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Coach Yo makes surprise visit to 'Buddy' camp

Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin made a surprise visit to the Buddy Hield Summer camp in their native Grand Bahama. McPhee-McCuin hoped to serve as an inspiration alongside Hield and urged campers to explore careers off

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Athletics, swimming and judo up next for Bahamas

WITH the tennis competition completed, the focus for Team Bahamas at the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, switches to athletics, swimming and judo this week.Both the 19-member track and field team, the 10-member swim team and the two judokas w

Summer of Thunder tourney gets off to exciting start

THE Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder got off to an exciting start last weekend with a thrilling finish in the series opener and the first win by a local team in the series. The series began as the Temple Owls escaped with a 98-96 wi

BLTA fields girls and boys teams for ITF/Cotecc Under-12

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association has fielded a three-member Under-12 girls team and a three-member boys team to represent the Bahamas at the ITF/Cotecc Under-12 Team Competition Sub Region 3 in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Domincan Republic. The t

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Williams, Jones help Sun beat the Liberty 94-79 for 7th straight win

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Courtney Williams shots have been falling lately and that’s been a big reason why the Connecticut Sun have been able to keep their winning streak going.Williams scored a season-high 28 points and Connecticut won its seventh

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Morley and Munroe make history as first Bahamians to compete in Crossfit Games

DAVID Morley and Chanelle Munroe both failed to make the top cut of 75, but they made history yesterday as the first Bahamians to compete in the Reebok Crossfit Games at the Alliant Energy Centre in Madison, Wisconsin. The games, which got started i

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Top athletes get set for Pan Am, IAAF Worlds

Not that many athletes participated in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Open Track and Field Championships in Grand Bahama over the weekend.But for those who did, it was an opportunity to showcase their talent before the Bah

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BAAA open nationals provides economic boost in GB

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ hosting of the National Open Track and Field Championships in Grand Bahama was a great economic boost to the island, but Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest is hoping that from a national perspectiv

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Jones posts another double double, Sun beat Mercury

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 14 rebounds for her 11th double-double this season, and the Connecticut Sun beat the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 68-62 last night for their sixth straight win.

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Roberts eliminated

JUSTIN Roberts’ appearance in the men’s singles at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, came to an end yesterday.

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Marlins trade Gallen to D-backs for Jazz Chisholm

After spending the past four years with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Jazz Chisholm is moving closer to home with the Miami Marlins in a deal before Wednesday’s trade deadline that will allow him to join fellow Bahamian right fielder Anfernee Seymour on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Double-A team.

BBF boss Bowleg praises FIBA U-17 coaching staff

MARIO Bowleg, president of the Bahamas Basketball Federation, feels that he selected the right coach to lead the boys’ national basketball team at the FIBA Centrobasket Under-17 Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Church of God of Prophecy holds its annual bowling competition at Mario’s

THE Church of God of Prophecy recently held its annual bowling competition at Mario’s bowling alley, with hundreds of Prophecy bowlers, members and supporters flooding the event.