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New sailing champions crowned in Best-of-the-Best Regatta

The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ second annual Best-of-the-Best Regatta concluded yesterday in Montagu Bay with three new champions crowned.

Pro basketball player Miller off to impressive start in Norway

TAVARIO Miller’s transition to professional basketball is off to an impressive start with a new destination in Norway.

Buddy Hield scores 17 in 102-87 loss to Raptors

BUDDY Hield’s productivity off the bench continues for the Sacramento Kings and is approaching milestone numbers for his efficient shooting.

Goodison and Kleen win the Star Sailors League Finals

WITH racing taking place in a balmy, near perfect 15 knots on Nassau’s Montagu Bay, the ‘take no prisoners’ shoot out on the last day of the Star Sailors League Final saw the fleet narrow to seven teams after the quarter-finals and to four after the semis.

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Best-of-the-Best: PM Thunderbird finishes 3rd, 4th

Despite all of the controversy surrounding its transformation from the banned Tanqueray, the PM Thunderbird got off the starting line and finished fourth and third respectively in the first two races of the Best-of-the-Best Regatta.

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Americans Mendelblatt, Fatih take overall lead

DESPITE a second light day that perhaps should have favoured the lighter crews, US heavyweights Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih posted a solid 1-2 on day three of the Star Sailor’s League Final off Nassau to take the lead overall.

NPBA: High Flyers rout Buckets 89-72, Shockers stun Rebels 65-63

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night with the Breezes High Flyers and the JD’s Seafood Shockers winning their respective games. In the opening game, the High Fly

Bahamas Bowl announcers named

VETERAN ESPN SportsCenter anchor and college football commentator Steve Levy, 1991 Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl XXXI MVP Desmond Howard and sideline reporter Laura Rutledge will call the 2017 Bahamas Bowl.The big game is between UAB (8-4) and

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THE FINISH LINE - Minister Wells: 'I agree with the PM in making sailing the national sport'

CHRISTMAS is coming, the goose is getting fat... Please put a penny in the old man’s hat. That’s a portion of a popular nursery rhyme that depicts the season that we are preparing for. And as we look forward to the Yuletide season, one of the devel

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First Wahoo Meat Mayhem Fishing Tournament was a huge success

THE first Wahoo Meat Mayhem Fishing Tournament in Bimini was a huge success attracting boaters from the United States, the Bahamas, and far as Germany competing for over $100,000 in cash prizes.The tournament was held at Resorts World Bimini November

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Joshua Feaster signs letter of intent to join the X-Men

ANOTHER Bahamian prospect has earned an opportunity at higher education through his efforts on the gridiron.Joshua Feaster signed his letter of intent to join the St Francis Xavier football programme for the Fall 2018 campaign.The 6’2”, 270-pound def

Collie and Golden Eagles win NCAA soccer title

ISIAH Collie completed his senior year for the Golden Eagles as the University of Charleston took home its first NCAA Division II title on Saturday afternoon.Collie, a 5-feet-11, 170-pound defender, helped the Golden Eagles pull off a 3-1 decision in

Mixed fortunes for Star Sailors crews on day 2

A lighter, longer, hotter second day of racing at the Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau was one of mixed fortunes for the 25 crews competing for the US$ 200,000 prize purse in this international ‘Champion of Champions’ contest.

Top baseball players in home run derby

THE top baseball talent in the country will begin the new year competing for bragging rights and the title of home run king at the inaugural “Don’t Blink - Home Run Derby In Paradise.”Sixteen of the Bahamas’ pro baseball prospects and five visiting m

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Kerrie Cartwright to lead the field in BLTA Nationals

KERRIE Cartwright is confident that her Women’s Tennis Association’s rankings will help to booster her performance when she comes home to compete in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s annual Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals. The nationals is sched