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Inaugural Bahamas National High School Basketball Championships set

THE local high school basketball season has a final championship title.

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Buddy named Big 12 Player of the Year

BUDDY Hield continues to rewrite the history books for the Oklahoma Sooners and set new milestones for Bahamian basketball.

Bahamian NCAA Division I players make a push for conference tournament titles

WITH the regular season done, Bahamian NCAA Division I basketball players are vying for their conference tournament titles with their respective programmes and, in some cases, hoping to earn a bid in the main NCAA Tournament.

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AS the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology gets ready for the hosting of the first National High School Basketball Tournament this weekend in Grand Bahama, Ozzie ‘the Sports Insider’ Simon has released the rankings of the top teams.

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Like father, like son

It’s very rare that you get to see a father play against his son. It’s even more rare when one of them is coached by another father-son combination.

IAAF World Indoors organisers promise to host an unique global athletics competition

WITH two weeks to go until the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s World Indoor Championships Portland 2016, the IAAF and local organisers have promised a global athletics competition like no other.

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Top golfers all set to defend their titles at Junior Nationals

WHEN the Bahamas Golf Federation stages its 2016 Junior National Championships at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island next weekend, Inecia Rolle, Xavier Robinson, Tynesha Tynes, Benjamin Knowles and Ashley Michel will be out to defend their titles in the various age groups.

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Dekel Nesbitt makes the cut for the top 15

GRAND Bahamian Body Fitness champion Dekel Nesbitt has made the cut for the top 15 in her first appearance at the Arnold Classic yesterday in Columbus, Ohio.

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THE FINISH LINE: Hats off to coach Mario Bowleg and CC Sweeting Cobras

It’s not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish.

Sports Notes

THE New Providence Volleyball Association elections took place at the DW Davis Gymnasium with the following officers elected to serve for a two-year term:

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Buddy honoured on ‘Senior Night’

It was a night four years in the making and Buddy Hield continued to live up to the lofty expectations he has set all year in his final game in the home confines of the Lloyd Noble Centre in Norman, Oklahoma.

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Top junior golfers on par for the Nationals

THE top juniors golfers in the country are prepared to take to the course as the Bahamas Golf Federation showcases its young talent.

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A special night for Bahamians at American Airlines Arena

MIAMI, Florida — It was a special night on Tuesday for six Bahamian Carnival dancers and six youngsters from the Urban Renewal programme in Grand Bahama.

Nassau Rowing Club to hold 4th annual ergathon

THE Nassau Rowing Club (Nassau RC) plans to hold its fourth annual 12-hour ergathon at Solomon’s Fresh Market in the Old Fort Bay Town Center 6am to 6pm on Saturday, March 12.

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FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: Dream draft can revive lowly Lakers

SLOW down: it’s the first week of March and yes, the Los Angeles Lakers are - at best - tanking in hopes of securing a high pick in this year’s draft.