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Valencia’s no-hitter: SAC senior girl just shy of a perfect game

Not too many pitchers get to do what Valencia Gibson did to the Charles W Saunders Cougars’ senior girls yesterday.

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As NPSA playoffs approach, Wildcats and Warriors are pennant winners

SUNSHINE Auto Lady Wildcats and BTC Elite Warriors emerged as the best teams in the New Providence Softball Association, clinching the men and ladies’ pennants respectively Tuesday night in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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THE top scorer in City Bowling League competition last night was Mario Brown of Telco Enterprises who crushed the pins for a 236 second high and a outstanding 672 high three game set.

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SAC on a roll

THE two-time defending champions St Augustine’s College (SAC) Big Red Machine are on a roll so far in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) junior girls’ softball division.

McMinns and Williams help Axemen to 2-1 record

TWO games into their inaugural season with the Acadia Axemen of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and Atlantic University Sport (AUS) a pair of Bahamian players took to the field this weekend.

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'We had good representation from all the countries' at CAC

THE 43rd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships is over and done with, but there have been some lasting impressions left at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island for both the local and visiting athletes, as well as the fans in attendance.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Mayweather Jr a cut above the rest in my barbershop debate

AS I sit here waiting, in what is fast becoming the last bastion for free speech among adult males, the barbershop, some interesting subjects arise.

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THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association continued its regular season action in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend.

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Bahamas gold rush

In a streak of consecutive performances, Charles Reckley, Paul Wilson-Stubbs and Jimmy Norius strutted to gold in the men’s bodybuilding segment to help propel the Bahamas to the overall title Saturday night at the 43rd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships in the Grand Ballroom of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

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Overall winners are crowned at 43rd CAC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships

JAMILA Mallory, Rosian Warrington, Yoly Hawley, Jerry Suero and Germain Navarro all left the Bahamas with not only the hardware, but also their eligibility to become a professional bodybuilder.

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Junior amateur fighters take spotlight

THE 22nd annual L Garth Wright Golden Gloves boxing tournament featured several dynamic bouts on its five-fight card this weekend.

Meacher ‘Pain’ Major ready for Jamaican Beckford in the ‘Caribbean Showdown’

ONE of the biggest names in local professional boxing, Meacher “Pain” Major is getting ready to step back into the ring for a rematch 10 years in the making.

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Husband and wife to take spotlight

GRAND Bahamians Charnice and Desmond Bain have been together for 21 years - married for 14 and competing in bodybuilding for the last decade.

CAC Champs: Team Bahamas ‘ready to flex its muscles’

THE stage is set. Now it’s time for the competitors to flex their muscles at the 43rd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Championships.

L Garth Wright tourney to showcase ‘future of boxing’

CHAMPION Amateur Boxing Club is set to stage one of its longest running events to showcase what director Ray Minus Jr calls the “future of boxing.”