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Simon Lowe and Julie Salas take Potcakeman Triathlon wins

NOW the largest triathlon in the Bahamas with over 200 participants, Bahamas Alliance for Animal Rights and Kindness hosted the third edition of its Potcakeman Triathlon over the weekend with several new champions crowned in their respective divisions.

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Lavern Eve inducted into LSU Athletic Hall of Fame

WITH her career just about over and done with, Lavern Eve is now basking in her success as the most dominant female javelin thrower the Bahamas - and by extension, Louisiana State University - has ever produced.

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Bernard Livingstone ‘Winky’ Bostwick laid to rest

“WELL done” was how the Venerable Archdeacon I Ranfurly Brown summed up the life of the late Bernard Livingstone ‘Winky’ Bostwick.

Mighty Mitts prevail with 10-9 win over Warriors

THE Chances Mighty Mitts may have been the New Providence Softball Association men’s divisional cellar-dwelling team, but they proved that they are no push over for the front running BTC Elite Warriors.

NCAA Football: Opening wins for Bahamian players

THE NCAA football season officially kicked off this weekend with a trio of Bahamian student athletes in action during opening day wins for their respective universities.

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Thomas 7th overall in high jump, Gardiner 8th in 400m

It wasn’t the type of performance that neither high jumper Donald Thomas nor quarter-miler Steven Gardiner expected in their performances coming off the 15th IAAF World Championships.

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Todd steps down after 35 years at SAC

AFTER 35 years at the helm of the Physical Education Department at St Augustine’s College, John Todd has stepped down and has turned the reigns of the Big Red Machine Athletic Department to Jason Edwards, one of his protégés.

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NCAA: Bahamian players bond in exhibition games

WE may still be months away from the NCAA basketball season, but several Bahamian players had the opportunity to travel with their programmes this summer as they prepare for the 2015-16 campaign.

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THE FINISH LINE: My top 10 memories of the 15th IAAF World Championships

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

‘I just have to stay focused, stick with it, keep working at it’

THE transition from the court to the bench will be quite a change for Bahamian NCAA basketball player Dwight Coleby as he transfers to a new university, but one that he sees as necessary to fulfil long term goals.

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‘High expectations’ for Jones on 2016 WNBA draft boards

AFTER a stellar junior campaign, expectations loom high for Bahamian basketball player Jonquel Jones, and she spent the offseason with world famous company as she rises on 2016 WNBA draft boards.

Golden Boy’s ‘Reno’ to face O’Kane in October

AS the newest fighter in Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions stable, Bahamian middleweight Tureano Johnson will have two of his most sought after targets training together in preparation for bouts this fall.

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College football season kicks off today

EACH week, the organising committee of the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl will update college football fans on both conferences which will field teams to the second edition of the bowl, hosted December 24.

Bahamas Rowing Association charts course for growth at AGM

AS they continue their effort of raising the profile of rowing locally, the national governing body of the sport recently hosted its annual general meeting and charted a course for the growth of the sport.

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Hood ‘begging’ to face ‘Kimbo Slice’

Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has been a polarising figure since he entered the world of professional mixed martial arts, and with his recent return to the sport, prospective opponents continue to jostle for an opportunity to face him in the cage.