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FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers: Men's national basketball team players return to pro circuit

FOLLOWING last month’s home triumph at the FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers, several men’s national basketball team players returned to the professional circuit and continued that momentum with their respective clubs. David Nesbitt continues his career in B

FIBA World Cup ‘23 Americas Qualifiers postponed

WITH the impending impact of Tropical Storm Nicole on The Bahamas, FIBA and the Bahamas Basketball Federation announced the postponement of the latest window of the World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers.

Individual Stats (Top 50)

1 Mike Russell Sands Bullets M 9 11 70 16 14 16 54.5 11 95 13 3 120.5 2 Harry Brown Coins A M 14 10 72 15 12 19 45.5 15 0 9 0 120.5 3 Christian Knowles Sigma Shots M 13 13 65 16 13 17 47 12 152 6 0 117.5 4 Sky Bain Back Yard Destroyers

Team Bahamas ends up 6th overall at the 29th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships

TEAM Bahamas faced off against the best junior golfers in the region but fell one spot off their pace in recent years.

Smith leads the Hawks past Celtics 83-74

ATLANTA (AP) -- Josh Smith scored 22 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, leading the Atlanta Hawks to an 83-74 victory over Boston in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs last night, the final minute turning ugly when Celtics star Rajon Rondo was ejected

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NPBA: Giants rout the Shockers 95-65, Regulators hold off Pros 93-90

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, taking off from where they left before the Christmas break, was clicking on all cylinders as they routed the JD’s Seafood Shockers 95-65 at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.

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New advances in prostate treatments

The good news: prostate cancer, if detected early, can be successfully treated, with a 98 percent prostate cancer specific survival ten years after treatment.

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Veteran forward Kino Burrows scores 13 in 90-53 blowout victory for Byers

KINO Burrows and the FOS Provence Basket Byers continue the French LNB Pro B Leaders Cup as they continue their preparation for the 2020-21 season.

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Student athletes shine at NAIA, Junior College level

BAHAMIAN student athletes have excelled this season at various levels of collegiate basketball, highlighted by recent performances at the NAIA and Junior College level.

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Renowned sailor Ian Bruce dies age 82

IAN Bruce, an internationally renowned sailor, boat designer and builder who spent periods of his life in the Bahamas, died last month from cancer aged 82.

Cybots top Pros 81-73, Cheetahs stop Cybot Queens 62-58

IT was a double header in night league basketball action this week with games in both the men’s and women’s leagues.

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Operators sweep Truckers for title

THE Bommer G Operators ended a three-year drought, sweeping the defending champions Johnson Lady Truckers to complete the first perfect season in the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association.

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Work permit violations found on work site

IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said a special operation in a “high-end gated community” in eastern New Providence found that foreign workers outnumbered Bahamian construction workers three to one, breaking the rules.

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Too early to expect results from $81m contract to cut water leaks

IT IS STILL too early to expect tangible results from the $81 million contract with an Israeli company to reduce leakage from the island’s water supply network, the Water and Sewerage Corporation says.

Sports Notes November 14

MACEDONIA and Golden Gates continued where they left off as the Baptist Sports Council’s defending champions, opening up the 2012 season on the winning note in the 19-and-under, co-ed and men’s divisions respectively at the Banker’s Field, Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, on Saturday.

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Mystics beat Jones and Sun 95-86 in WNBA Finals opener

The Washington Mystics got off to a hot shooting start in the first quarter and it proved to be too much for the Connecticut Sun to overcome in game one of the WNBA Finals. The Mystics won 95-86 over the Sun at home yesterday in Washington DC’s Ente

Christie’s contractor meet ‘worth a shot’

The Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday said it was a “little late” for Prime Minister Perry Christie  to attempt to persuade Baha Mar’s Chinese contractor to complete the stalled project, but admitted: “It’s worth  shot”.

‘Hammer will have little to no opportunities to get his punches off’

GRAND Bahamian Sherman “Tank” Williams is fit, ready and excited to fight 32-year-old Christian “Hammer” Ciocan in his hometown in Galati, Romania, on Friday, August 28.

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Man shot dead, two injured in latest shootings

ONE MAN is dead and two other men are fighting for their lives in hospital after they were shot in two separate incidents early Saturday morning.

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Judge says no to gag order in Gibson case

A Supreme Court judge cautioned the press yesterday to report accurate information concerning Adrian Gibson’s corruption trial after deciding not to impose a gag order barring journalists from reporting the case.