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NCAA Division I Basketball: Bahamians take spotlight

SEVERAL 20-point performances highlighted the play from Bahamians over the weekend in NCAA Division I basketball.Charles Bain posted a career-high while Lashann Higgs and Travis Munnings exhibited the senior leadership their respective programmes exp

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‘Buddy’ Hield scores nine, Knicks rout Kings 140-121

NEW YORK (AP) — Immanuel Quickley scored 18 of his 25 points in the first half, and Julius Randle had 21 points and 14 rebounds to power the New York Knicks to a 140-121 win over the Sacramento Kings last night.

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Minnis: Sack Fitzgerald

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday called on Prime Minister Perry Christie to immediately “fire” Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald for allegedly “corruptly” using his position of power.

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FIBA U-16: Bahamas in 60-58 win over Mexico, 7th place overall

ONE day after missing out on an opportunity to climb up the ladder, the Bahamas national team made sure that they didn’t end up at the bottom of the pile of the FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship in Maldonado, Uruguay.

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Hospital nears end of phase one

PHASE one of the urgent and emergency care project is nearing completion at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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Munnings lifts Benfica to FIBA EuroCup win

Travis Munnings had another team-leading performance on the boards to lift Sporting Lisboa Benfica to another FIBA EuroCup win.

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Jones and Sun top Sparks 84-75 in Game 1 of WNBA semi-finals

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead a balanced Connecticut offence and the Sun opened the WNBA semi-finals with an 84-75 win over the Los Angeles Sparks last night.

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UPDATED: Jet Blue plane lands safely after landing gear malfunction

A JetBlue plane made an emergency landing on the main runway at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on Friday due to a gear malfunction, the Department of Civil Aviation said.

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ED FIELDS: Just look around - why's the spotlight always on us?

If other countries can write about how careful to be when coming to the Bahamas, we should exercise the same right to both defend our country and to alert our citizens, and by extension the world, about the dangers of other destinations.

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Fredrick King has career night for Blue Jays

FREDRICK King had his second NCAA start and produced a career night for the Creighton Blue Jays.

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‘Jazz’ and Marlins fall in Wild Card Series opener

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zack Wheeler struck out eight in a sensational effort, José Alvarado preserved the lead with a pivotal strikeout and the Philadelphia Phillies opened a resolute postseason push with a 4-1 win over the Miami Marlins in the opener of their NL Wild Card Series on Tuesday night.

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Superhuman effort as Roker leads his X-Men to victory

Azaro Roker continues to post conference leading numbers in the Atlantic University Sport and led his St Francis Xavier X-Men to a crucial win to move into second place as the regular season winds down.

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Warhawks play Bahamian national anthem in honour of Munnings, Anderson, Cooper

“MARCH On, Bahamaland” blared through the speakers to celebrate the Bahamian connection at the University of Louisiana Monroe-Warhawks men’s basketball programme on senior night.

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Out of tragedy, words of peace

As the world continues to mourn the 11 people killed in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania local Rabbi Sholom Bluming is trying to help Bahamians come to terms with the tragedy.

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Buddy struggles to find 'Buckets'

BUDDY Hield has struggled to find his shooting stroke thus far in the NBA preseason.Through four games, Hield is averaging 9.5 points on 39 percent shooting from the field and 23 per cent from the three-point line. In addition he has grabbed 3.8 rebo

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Ayton and Suns rally for 120-112 win over Knicks

PHOENIX (AP) — Deandre Ayton snatched the loose ball, glanced down the court and saw Aron Baynes streaking toward the rim with no one around him. The 6-foot-11 centre never hesitated, launching a pass to his 6-10 teammate and hitting him in stride fo

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Evan Sweeting boosts his stock ahead of collegiate baseball recruitment

EVAN Sweeting has delivered a series of impressive performances to boost his stock ahead of his collegiate baseball recruitment.

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Walcott ‘the crown jewel’ of Rangers’ signing class

JBLN standout considered to be ‘the next Jazz Chisholm’

From the time he started playing in the Junior Baseball League of Nassau, Sebastian Walcott had the notion that he would one day be a professional baseball player.

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American Gainey wins Great Exuma Classic

IN a dramatic finish, American Tommy Gainey took first place at bd Global’s Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Golf Course, Emerald Bay.