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Players from defending NBA champions Warriors to be special guests at Jeff Rodgers basketball camp

JEFF Rodgers is excited. His month-long annual summer basketball camp is fast approaching, but this year Rodgers is even more delighted to feature some special guests during the daily sessions 9am to noon Monday to Friday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, starting on June 28.

Bahamas will be well represented at Special Olympics World Games

SPECIAL Olympics Bahamas will be well represented at the Special Olympics World Games - the largest sports and humanitarian event held anywhere in the world in 2015 - scheduled for July 25 to August 2.

Track and field community mourning loss of former SC McPherson sprinter Brian Babbs

THE track and field community is mourning the loss of another former athlete.

DeAndre gets scholarship offers from top colleges

THE suitors continue to line up for the top ranked high school basketball recruit in America, and although we are quite some time away from a final decision, Bahamian centre DeAndre Ayton mulled his first round of scholarship offers.

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No Freedom Farm, but Andre Rodgers National Baseball Championship off to a flyer

ALTHOUGH Freedom Farm opted not to travel to Grand Bahama this year, the Bahamas Baseball Federation's (BBF) 13th annual Andre Rodgers National Baseball Championship got off to a great start on Thursday.

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‘All he has to do is stay humble’

As the pacesetter, winning two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, Mychal ‘Sweet Bells’ Thompson said he knew it would have only been a matter of time before his son, Klay Thompson, would be a champion as well on the biggest stage in the game today.

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Revenge is sweet - Undefeated Bahamas beats Antigua & Barbuda 69-61 to advance to semis

THE latest chapter in the rivalry with Antigua and Barbuda went to the Bahamas as they continued their undefeated streak at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships.

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Jeffery Gibson is the man to watch this year in 400m hurdles

THERE has been a lot said about the performances of the Bahamas quarter-milers this year, but Jeffery Gibson is slowly building up his reputation as a competitor to watch this year on the international scene in the men’s 400 metre hurdles.

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It came to an uphill sprint . . .

THE New Providence Cycling Association hosted its pre-Independence Cycling Series over the weekend.

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THE FINISH LINE: Women’s basketball takes a quantum leap with title win

The Bahamas Basketball Federation has seen the resurgence of the women’s basketball programme, which took a quantum leap by winning the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

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THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations has announced that the final registration for the Open National Championships is today.

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Team Bahamas tops Suriname 72-57 at the CBC

THREE games and three blowout wins thus far for the Bahamas’ senior men’s national basketball team as they continue to dominate regional competition at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships.

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It’s official - Todd Isaacs Jr joins Indians in MLB

Less than a week after he was drafted for the second time into Major League Baseball, Bahamian outfielder Todd Isaacs Jr made his entrance into the MLB official when he signed his contract with the Cleveland Indians.

Klay and Mychel Thompson become first pair of brothers to win NBA title and D-League championship in same season

THE Golden State Warriors are the 2015 NBA Champions thanks in large part to the contributions from the “Splash Brothers” but there is another fraternal relationship that took centre stage after this prestigious feat.

Battle 4 Atlantis: ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn and Spartans good to go

ALREADY touted as one of the top early season tournaments in NCAA basketball, early reports indicate the Battle 4 Atlantis has scored another stacked field for 2016.