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Sunland Baptist senior boys claim championship title in Orlando

THE Sunland Baptist Academy Stingers senior boys basketball team spent the beginning of their holiday vacation playing against international competition. The Stingers claimed the championship title in the second annual Deep South Christian Christmas Classic, hosted in Orlando, Florida.

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Mavin Saunders to join the Kansas Jayhawks next fall

MAVIN Saunders has decided on the destination for his final season of NCAA football. The Bimini native announced via Twitter that he is set to join the Kansas Jayhawks next fall after he announced his intention to transfer the Florida State Seminoles programme last month.

Youth football leadership clinic was a blast

Bowl week events continued for the fourth edition of the Bahamas Bowl as the organisers attempted to extend their community outreach and interaction between visiting players and locals. Student athletes and spirit squads from both the Ohio University Bobcats and UAB Blazers participated in community-building exercises with aspiring youth football player on Wednesday.

Aspiring baseball stars take advantage of two-day event

AHEAD of next month’s inaugural “Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise” event organisers are hosting a two-day clinic for aspiring players. Approximately 50 participants turned out on day one of the clinic yesterday, which was hosted at the Freedom Farm Baseball Complex. Day two will be hosted at the Junior Baseball League of Nassau’s Field of Dreams from 9am to 1pm, free of charge and open to players between nine and 14 years.

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UB Mingoes earn 67-60 victory over Cougars to split series

AFTER letting game one slip out of their grasp, the University of the Bahamas Mingoes held on in game two to split their two-game series against the visiting Spring Arbor University Cougars.Coming off a 84-76 loss on Monday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymna

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Lunn upsets Rolle

With the players jockeying for their positions going into the main draw play, Justin Lunn pulled off one of the biggest upsets on day two of the Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals.On Tuesday in the National Tennis Tournament in their final match in the

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Bahamians take NCAA spotlight

SENIOR guard Lourawls ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn and the No.2 ranked Michigan State Spartans got the better of their match-up against fellow Bahamian freshman forward Philip McKenzie and the Houston Baptist Huskies on Monday night. Meanwhile, DeAndre Ayton and

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Buddy scores 24, helps Kings beat slumping 76ers 101-95

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zach Randolph and Vince Carter have been playing for so long that some of their teammates were toddlers when they broke into the NBA.

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Top seeds in win column at Nationals

IT was a successful return to the National Tennis Centre for top seeds Kerrie Cartwright, Simone Pratt and Danielle Thompson as the 2017 Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals got underway on Monday.Rising junior stars Sydney Clarke and Afrika Smith also jo

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Teams arrive as Bahamas Bowl week officially kicks off

BOWL week has officially kicked off in the Bahamas.Both participating teams in the 2017 Bahamas Bowl, the Ohio University Bobcats and the University of Alabama Birmingham Blazers, arrived in New Providence yesterday to begin a busy week of activities

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Cornish posts career highs, one of Seawolves' leading scorers

JARON Cornish has excelled in recent weeks in an increased role with the Stony Brook Seawolves and after a series of career highs, has become one of the team’s leading scorers on the season.Cornish is second on the team on the team in scoring at 11.1

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THE PRESS BOX: Cowboys in hunt for playoffs, but they will need some help

THREE weeks ago you all called me crazy, some Dolfans even called ‘Sandalinds’ telling them to come for me, when I predicted my Cowboys would win their last 5 games and make the playoffs as a Wild Card, the 6th and final seed in the NFC. Three strai

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Cougars hold off Mingoes for victory

The University of the Bahamas Mingoes gave the visiting Spring Arbor University Cougars all they could handle, but it wasn’t enough in the first of their two matches played on Monday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. The Cougars, who surged from No.20

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New slate of champions are crowned

A NEW slate of champions were crowned as the 32nd edition of the Father Marcian Peters Basketball Classic concluded last weekend.More than 40 teams spread across six divisions registered for the tournament that concluded on Saturday at the Kendal Isa

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Top seeds Cartwright, Newman in action today

Top seeds Kerrie Cartwright and Baker Newman will be in action in the first set of matches played today at the National Tennis Centre as the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Annual Giorgio Baldacci Open gets started.Cartwright, one of 12 players ent