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Buddy ties his career high 22

Nearly a week to the day when he set his career high, Buddy Hield equalled that mark last weekend as his efficient shooting continues for the Sacramento Kings.

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Knights and Raptors polish off trophies

BACK after a two-year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, the CR Walker Knights and the CH Reeves Raptors picked up where they left off winning their divisional titles at the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Inter- School Track and Field Championships.

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Bahamas girls lose by 100 points to Mexico

Despite losing their third straight game of the FIBA Under-15 Centrobasket Championships by 100 points, head coach Varel Davis said there is still hope of Team Bahamas turning things around for the playoffs.

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'Buddy' donates $100,000 to help Dorian victims

Bahamian athletes have risen to the forefront in galvanising support for the relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian and its catastrophic effect on the Northwestern Bahamas.Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield donated $100,000 to the cause t

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Teams line up for 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis

NOT long after organisers closed the book on the sixth edition of the prestigious Battle 4 Atlantis, the teams scheduled to compete in 2017 over the annual Thanksgiving weekend was confirmed.

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THE FINISH LINE: Ayton expected to be franchise player wherever he goes in the NBA Draft

I LIKE the position that Bahamian DeAndre Ayton finds himself in going into the National Basketball Association’s June Draft.Based on the order of picks determined on Tuesday night, Ayton can either remain in Arizona after he was one-and-done at Ariz

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Ankle bracelets are failing, says minister

MINISTER of National Security Marvin Dames yesterday outlined the chronic challenges the country faces in its fight against crime, while noting murders are up 41 per cent compared to this time last year, but overall crime is down by 19 per cent.

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‘Buddy’ to make debut in three-point contest

Buddy Hield will reportedly join several of the NBA’s elite shooters in the Three-Point Contest during next month’s NBA All-Star Weekend.

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Pledge to release statistics showing latest conviction rate

LEGAL Affairs Minister Allyson Maynard-Gibson yesterday committed to releasing statistics that would support an improved conviction rate over the “alarming” figures released by the Inter-American Development Bank.

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Villanova wins Battle 4 Atlantis

The Villanova Wildcats came to the Bahamas unranked in the new look Big East, but after defeating two of the top teams in the NCAA on consecutive nights, they emerged as the 2013 Battle 4 Atlantis champions.

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Freeport man, 20, dies after shooting at Smith's Point Fish Fry

A 20-YEAR-OLD Freeport man has died in hospital after being shot several times at Smith's Point Fish Fry early on Thursday, Grand Bahama police have reported.

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Man, 20, accused of attempted murder

A 20-year-old male resident of Eight Mile Rock was charged with attempted murder on Wednesday in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court.Jaycee Jeffrey Simmons, of Pinedale, EMR, appeared before Magistrate Gwendolyn Claude. He was not required to ente

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Performers shine in Carifta trials

Bahamian junior athletes continued their build-up to the region’s top meet, hosted in the Bahamas for the seventh time and first in over a decade.

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Lourawls Nairn heads to Michigan

LOURAWLS Nairn will be taking his talents to East Lansing, Michigan, in the fall of 2014 after he verbally committed to the Michigan State Spartans yesterday.

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Hotels strike ‘glass ceiling’ on 15-20% room shortage

The Bahamas may be unable to fully meet tourism demand for 12-18 months due to a room shortage caused by up to 15-20 percent of available inventory being taken offline, a senior hotelier has revealed.

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Halkitis denies missing targets

STATE Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis yesterday refuted media reports that the government has already blown past its forecasted deficit targets for 2015-2016.

EDITORIAL: The long battle to defeat HIV/AIDS

THE end of the AIDS epidemic is in sight?

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Plan for Ragged solar grid complete

WHILE still not giving a proposed timeline of when hurricane-ravaged Ragged Island is expected to be fully restored, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said techno-economic modelling for the island’s electrical grid has been completed.

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25,000 still without measles vaccination

AS many as 25,000 people have no vaccination coverage for the highly infectious measles disease, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.The public’s vaccination rate remains at about 89 to 90 percent, but it could be better, the minister told