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VIDEO: ‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans in Final Four

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — When he got near the pinnacle of the NCAA basketball world with a trip to the Final Four, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr did what any Bahamian would do under the spotlight on national television - he called his mom.

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Bahamas routs Aruba 15-2 to take softball crown

LYLE Sawyer made up for a sluggish start and Eric ‘Papi’ Johnson took advantage of batting behind clutch hitter Sherman Ferguson as the Bahamas routed Aruba for the fourth time to take the crown in the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation’s first men’s softball championship.

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‘I’m just a kid from the Bahamas and I made it here’

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — From humble beginnings to the apex of NCAA Basketball, Buddy Hield and Lourawls Nairn Jr recognise the impact they have had and continue to have on Bahamian basketball.

Stingers dethrone Giants, 95-94

KEMSEY Sylvetre may have saved his best game in the postseason for the last as he helped the PJ’s Stingers dethrone the defending champions Commonwealth Bank Giants.

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Bermuda tops Bahamas 3-0 in 2nd leg of FIFA World Cup qualifier

DESPITE a battling performance a much-changed Bahamas exited the 2018 Fifa World Cup at the first qualifying stage yesterday when they went down 3-0 in Bermuda in the second leg of their CONCACAF preliminary round tie.

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On track: Quarter-miler slowly making a name for herself

THERE aren’t too many second generation athletes who have gone on to excel at the international level. Quarter-miler Lanece Clarke is one of them.

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Bahamas blasts Barbados, 10-4

UNLIKE the men’s national soccer team that was outclassed at home in the FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday, the men’s national beach soccer team made an impressive debut in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships 2015.

Cybot Queens roll over Lady Truckers to even series 1-1

THE Super Value Cybot Queens blew out the Johnson Lady Truckers to even the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association best-of-3 series at 1-1.

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Spartans advance after Bahamas' NBA prospects go head-to-head

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Buddy Hield had the better individual performance, but the game will always be remembered for Lourawls "Tum Tum" Nairn Jr.

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Bahamas open ECASC softball championship with two big wins

THE Bahamas pulled off their second consecutive victory in the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation men’s championships on Friday at the Banker’s Field at the Balliou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Buddy vs ‘Tum Tum’

Bahamian basketball earns top billing tonight when two of the country’s top NCAA prospects square off in the “Sweet 16” round of March Madness.

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BTC joins World Relays sponsor family with $250,000

WITH a title sponsor now on board for the country’s biggest sporting event, the second edition of a “Bahamazing” athletics experience is now in its final stages of preparation.

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THE FINISH LINE: Did BAAA really stick to its guns in selection of CARIFTA track team?

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

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Aruba pulls off 8-5 win over BVI

KELVIN Silvania, making the adjustment from playing baseball, cracked a pair of home runs to help Aruba pull off a 8-5 victory over the British Virgin Islands in the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation’s first Men’s Softball Championship.

Giants stop the Stingers

WHILE the Patron Regulators have booked their ticket into the New Providence Basketball Association championship series, they have to wait on the outcome of the Commonwealth Bank Giants and PJ Stingers to determine who their opponents will be.