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RICARDO'S NFL PICKS: Finally, a winning week . . . Now to keep it going

WEEK 13 was good to me. 12-3 good. With this, my second consecutive strong performance - and first winning week for the year - I have officially left last place behind ... and this time for good. Trust me!

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NAUGHTY'S NFL PICKS: I’m still in first place with four weeks to go in the NFL season

OKAY, so I cooled off a bit last week - 9-6 is decent but still not up to my lofty standards.

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Tahnaj Thomas joins the Cleveland Indians

Tahnaj Thomas, a Grand Bahamian native who moved to New Providence at the age of 13 to further enhance his skills, is the latest Bahamian to sign a professional baseball contract.

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‘A flying start’ for sprinter Proleine

PROLEINE Pierre is off to a flying start in her debut for Highland Community College.

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For Cartwright, long baseball ‘journey won’t stop’

FOR the past decade, Albert Cartwright has been on the pro baseball circuit and, although he has not been able to break into the major league, he admitted that he felt he had a good run at it.

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Legends stop Rebels 82-80, Caribs beat Cybots 102-94

THE University of the Bahamas Caribs pulled off another big victory to remain undefeated in the New Providence Basketball Association men's division one play, knocking off the Mail Boat Cybots 102-94 at AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.

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THE Roadrunners Track & Field Club is scheduled to host its 17th annual presentation and awards banquet in the Crown Ballroom of the Beach Towers of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island on Saturday.

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Jasrado loves the Diamondbacks system

WHEN Jasrado Chisholm signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks, he said he just wanted to make the best of his opportunity to play professional baseball.

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Falcons fly high to get past the Blue Waves

Jordan Prince Williams Falcons showed St Anne’s Blue Waves why they are the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) senior boys defending basketball champions.

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Standing ovation for Buddy Hield in Oklahoma

IT is not often that you see a home crowd give a standing ovation to an opposing player, but that is exactly the reception Buddy Hield received when he returned to Oklahoma as a professional.

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Call on corporate Bahamas to sponsor sloops

WITH the local sailing sloops getting a big boost over the weekend with the successful staging of the first Best-of-the-Best Regatta in Montagu Bay, one local sailing enthusiast is calling on corporate Bahamas to get more involved in sponsoring the boats to make the sport more viable for the owners and sailors.

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Bahamas bowl adds another chapter to budding rivalry

THE 2016 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl will add another chapter to the budding rivalry between the Old Dominion Monarchs and the Eastern Michigan Eagles.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: My 11-1, playoff berth-clinching Cowboys ‘America’s Team’ again

MY Dallas Cowboys, sorry my 11-1, playoff berth clinching Dallas Cowboys are ‘America’s Team’ again.

Saunders and Seminoles accept bid to play in the Capital One Orange Bowl

FOR the second consecutive year, Mavin Saunders will appear in a New Year’s Six Bowl game.

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Tida Wave and crew emerge victorious

While Brooks Miller and his Tida Wave ran away with the A class title in the inaugural Best of the Best Regatta, Stefon Knowles carried home the titles in both the B and C classes respectively on board the New Susan Chase and the Whitty K.