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Lady Truckers, Hitmen win openers in NPSA finals

THE defending champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers and the C&S Hitmen took the opening matches in their respective New Providence Softball Association championship series.

Shanea Armbrister assistant coach of Lady Tigers

SHANEA Armbrister made a quick turnaround from the court to the sidelines with her first hire as a member of a collegiate coaching staff.

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THE PRESS BOX: Man down! 5 QBs to replace the injured ‘studs’ in Fantasy

I KNOW some of you fantasy football owners are still crying this morning. And, if you are, it’s because you probably had Aaron Rodgers on your team.

No champions crowned this year in the BGDBA

THE Bamboo Shack Cybots were leading by 21 points in the third quarter when the game was stopped and no decision was made on the outcome. As a result, no champions have been crowned this year in the Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association.

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New inductees in WBSC Hall of Fame

The Bahamas will add their 17th and 18th inductees in the World Baseball Softball Confederation Hall of Fame after administrator Burket Dorsett and coach Godfrey ‘Gully’ Burnside were added to the list last week. During the WBSC’s Extra Ordinary Con

Axemen improves to 5-2 with 35-17 victory over X-Men

A redemption season for the Bahamian trio at the Acadia football programme also turns out to have a similar effect for Axemen as the team clinched an early Atlantic University Sport football postseason berth. On Saturday, the Axemen improved to 5-2

JBLN draft complete, teams finalising rosters to start season

THE Junior Baseball League of Nassau completed its Draft this weekend and teams are now finalising their rosters to start the 2018 season. Thirty-seven teams and 470 young boys and girls will compete in the league’s 29th season of youth baseball and

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First 'Knucklehead' Cross Country Championships

TWO long-time distance running rivals turned best friends collaborated to put on the first William ‘Knucklehead’ Johnson Cross Country Championships. Rupert Gardiner’s Silver Lightning Track Club hosted the one-day meet on Saturday at the Bahamas Go

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Senior Men's National Team No.59 in new 'FIBA World Ranking'

AS teams head toward the FIBA World Cup and Olympic qualification, the Bahamas is one of 15 islands in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation to make the lastest edition of the rankings list. The Bahamas senior men’s national team was ranked No.59 i

Cybots get 106-103 win over police, take 1-0 lead in playoffs

EUGENE Bain had a monster game as he helped to power the Bamboo Shack Cybots to a 106-103 victory over the Police Crimestoppers as they took a 1-0 lead in the Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association’s best-of-five championship series.B

Bahamian players to speed up offence for Warhawks

THE University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks intend to run a faster-paced offence this season and two Bahamian players plan to figure prominently into the new small-ball scheme.The Warhawks began practice this week with junior forward Travis Munnings

Action heats up in the Financial Bowling League

THE top scorer in the Financial Bowling League competition last night was Clayton Gardiner of Leno Corporate Services with a 216 high game and a 595 high three game set. The runner-up was Tyrone Knowles also of Leno Corporate Services with a 588 seco

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'Tum Tum' team captain for 3rd straight year

At the Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball media day, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr’s senior season was one of the topics of discussion as the head coach bestowed him with a rare honour.Head coach Tom Izzo named Nairn Jr a team captain for the thi

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THE FINISH LINE: Bahamas basketball needs 'a more experienced' international coach

LAST week, I had the opportunity to travel with a Bahamas Olympic Committee delegation to North Andros to view the state of the Carl Oliver Track in Nicholls Town.The track will be getting a much needed Mondo surface, which when completed will provid

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Lady Spartans, Buckeye Oilers BFFL Champions

THE Bahamas Flag Football League hosted its 8th annual BFFL Invitational at the Winton Rugby Pitch over the weekend with some unsuspecting winners taking home the championship trophies.