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Smith making impact with Empower Sports Network

A FORMER junior national team standout has made the transition to coaching and training to impact a future generation of student-athletes in the Bahamas.

‘It has been a great experience for me’

MIKHAIL McLean has made the transition from the court to the bench as a member of the Houston Cougars’ coaching staff.

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Team Bahamas ready for beach soccer challenge

WHEN the men’s national team play in the Bahamas Beach Soccer Cup this weekend at the National Beach Soccer Stadium at Malcolm Park, Gavin Christie said they will be ready for the challenge from Mexico, Spain and the United States.

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‘Twin towers’ practice together for first time

They both felt that after playing in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), they were able to use their experience to feed off each other as the Bahamas professional twin towers basketball players Waltiea Rolle and Grand Bahamian Jonquel Jones worked out together for the first time.

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‘Golden Knights’ honoured

GRAND Bahamians Michael Mathieu and Demetrius Pinder returned home with Eleuthera’s Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown and Nassau’s Ramon Miller to be honoured on Monday for winning the men’s 4 x 400 metre gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.

MEN’S 4 x 400 TEAM ALL SET FOR THE PENN RELAYS

FIVE of the six men who won the silver medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the XXI Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, are expected to represent the Bahamas in the same event at the 124th annual Penn Relays.

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Thompson named Player of the Year

BAHAMIAN female tennis player Danielle Thompson, a senior at Morgan State, was named the 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year, as announced by the league office yesterday in Norfolk, Va.

CLARKE LOSES IN THE FINAL

SYDNEY Clarke, playing in the girls’ final of the CO Williams Barbados Junior International Tennis Tournament in Barbados as the number three seed, lost to American No.2 seed Julia Andreach over the weekend.

CARTWRIGHT ELIMINATED IN 2ND ROUND

AFTER winning her first round match in the qualifying round of the $80,000 Charlottesville, Virginia, Bahamian professional player Kerrie Cartwright got eliminated in the second round.

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6th Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon raises money for ‘BAARK’

A NEW date and an exciting new “International” distance was in store for the participants of the sixth annual Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon which took place on April 15.

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Waltiea back to the books

SHE’S one of two professional female basketball players, but Waltiea Rolle said she doesn’t mind putting her career on hold for the next three months until she completes her tertiary education.While the leagues overseas are on a break, Rolle will be

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THE PRESS BOX: Five teams that could trade up in NFL Draft shake-up

THE NFL Draft goes down this week, kicking off on Thursday and wrapping up on Saturday. Trade rumours are swirling heavily around the NFL, including All Pro WR Julio Jones being on the way out in Atlanta, via trade. As well as teams ready to trade u

Minus doesn't feel election was duly constituted

Was the Amateur Boxing Federation of the Bahamas’ election duly constituted?One of the potential candidates, Michelle Minus, doesn’t feel so. That’s one of the reasons why she wasn’t present during the annual general meeting at the Thomas A Robinson

Chisholm on 7-day disabled list due to hamstring injury

JUST as the media began to take notice and highlight his comeback effort this season in the Arizona Diamondbacks minor league system, Jazz Chisholm experienced another injury setback.The Kane County Cougars sent Chisholm to the 7-day disabled list on

Isnord looks forward to pivotal senior season

WILKENSON Isnord continues to increase his collegiate basketball recruitment stock headed into his pivotal high school senior season.Isnord continues to field NCAA Division I offers, the latest of which came over the weekend from the University of Bu