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Training camp: New look Miami Heat on Bahamas ‘business trip’

FOLLOWING a festive Bahamian welcome, the rebuilding Miami Heat went to work almost immediately in what head coach Erik Spoelstra called a “business trip.”

Cougars rout Saints, 26-3

The Charles W Saunders Cougars didn’t have any mercy on the Kingsway Academy Saints in their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ senior boys softball game yesterday.

Buddy Hield: ‘I haven’t established myself yet in this league’

NBA training camps get underway this week and fans had their first opportunity to see rookie guard Buddy Hield and this season’s New Orleans Pelicans.

Seminoles’ Mavin Saunders gets more minutes against USF

LAST weekend’s win was a bounce back game for the Florida State Seminoles and provided the first opportunity for Bahamian tight end Mavin Saunders to have an impact on the field.

The Heat returns

The Miami Heat, of the NBA, received a warm welcome at Odyssey Aviation Bahamas yesterday.

SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: For whom the final whistle blows far too early

ABOUT two minutes before going live on air for ‘The Press Box’ on Sunday, my broadcast partner Renaldo Dorsett broke the tragic news of the passing of Florida Marlins ace pitcher Jose Hernandez.

Four new champions crowned in fourth annual Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon

Four new champions were crowned as a record field of 215 competitors took part in the fourth annual Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon at Jaws Beach on Saturday.

Britain falls to Israel in World Baseball Classic Qualifier

TEAM Great Britain’s valiant effort toward World Baseball Classic 2017 qualification came to an end in the tournament finale.

YOUNG Bahamian riders Ella Holowesko, Siena Holowesko, and Tamsin Nottage travelled to Saugerties, New York, with their trainer Mrs Erika Adderley-Coello of Mariposa Stables, to compete at the Marshall & Sterling Insurance League 2016 National Finals this past weekend.

Burket Dorsett appointed to Board of Directors

THE Bahamas will have a presence on the newly formed body to oversee the partnership between baseball and softball at the regional level.

Israel tops Britain 5-2 in World Baseball Classic Qualifier

It was a tough opening round loss for Great Britain and the Bahamian players on its roster at the World Baseball Classic Qualifier.

Ayton and Bruins in ‘Sand Between Your Toes Showcase’ next month

THE top high school basketball player in America for the class of 2017, Bahamian blue chip prospect DeAndre Ayton will return home this fall to compete on the season’s circuit.

‘Schools are looking for athletes who are serious about their education and they take track and field as a job’

THE Bahamas Parents Association of Track and Field Athletes, which was born 17 years ago with the concept of helping to get as many Bahamian student athletes off to colleges and universities in the United States, has assisted a total of 24 more athletes for the 2016/2017 season.