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Jonquel Jones named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week

GEORGE Washington women’s basketball senior forward Jonquel Jones, of Grand Bahama, has been named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for the week ending November 22, the league announced yesterday.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: My Miami vice - reflections from a road trip

MOST of you thought I was joking when I said I was going to Miami to ensure my Cowboys beat the Dolphins.

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THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association continued its divisional playoffs in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend.

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Team Bahamas wins Co-Ed Slow Pitch World Cup

THEY had some distractions before they left and they almost completed a perfect trip through the tournament. But nobody can argue that the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association’s 25-member team will be returning home today as the champions of the 2015 WBSC Co-Ed Slow Pitch Cup in Plant City, Florida.

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THE 13th year of the Junkanoo Jam, brought to the Bahamas by Basketball Travellers, highlights one of NCAA’s elite in season women’s basketball tournaments.

Bahamas ‘off to great start’ at Slow Pitch World Cup

THE Bahamas national team showed that they know how to win by a blowout and the slightest of margins as they pulled off their double header at the WBSC Co-Ed Softball World Cup in Plant City, Florida, yesterday.

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Team Bahamas all set for Slow Pitch World Cup

THE Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association will represent the Bahamas with a 25-member team - made up of a mixture of youth and experienced players - at the 2015 WBSC Co-Ed Slow Pitch World Cup in Plant City, Florida, this weekend.

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THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools began its 2015/16 basketball season at various playing sites yesterday.

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THE Baptist Sports Council is scheduled to begin its 2015 Softball Classic in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Tuesday. In the 7pm opener, St Paul’s is slated to play the defending champions Golden Gates in the co-ed division.

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First Baptist emerge as champions

FIRST Baptist emerged as the champions of the Baptist Sports Council’s 2015 Track and Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Saturday.

STRONG FIELD AT BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS

THE Battle 4 Atlantis traditionally gives Bahamians an early look at some of the top incoming freshman classes in all of NCAA Division I basketball and the 2015 tournament later this month looks to continue that trend.

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Mitchell says veterans’ pensions still under review

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday said the issue of pensions for World War II veterans is still under active review.

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SANCHESKA Vs RENALDO: NFL PICKS WEEK 10

There’s only one thing left for me to do - Pick Like Sannie.

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Team Vitamalt land the Bahamas’ first Flag Football title

THEIR defence came through when it mattered most and Team Vitamalt claimed the first international flag football tournament title for a Bahamian team with victory at the Cayman Islands Flag Football Association (CIFFA) Invitational I-Cup title on Sunday.

World War veterans boycott Remembrance Day service

WORLD War II veterans boycotted the annual Remembrance Day event at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday over a dispute about seating arrangements and their continued frustration with the government’s failure to raise their pension.

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Jonquel stars in George Washington win

GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones played a pivotal role as sophomore forward Kelli Prange scored a game-high 21 points to lead five Colonials in double figures as George Washington women’s basketball team cruised to a 95-47 exhibition win over Christopher Newport on Sunday afternoon at the Charles E Smith Centre.

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THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that their 2015 Softball Classic will get underway on Tuesday, November 17, at the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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NASSAU LIFE: A plan for Baha Mar

Richard Coulson suggests a compromise of interests can be found to preserve the stalled mega-resort development

Two sets of Baha Mar guardians just ‘crazy’

The Opposition’s deputy leader believes it “makes no sense” for there to be two different sets of receivers/liquidators looking after Baha Mar, branding the situation as “crazy”.

Baha Mar’s main contractor ‘thwarted us at every turn’

Baha Mar’s contractor allegedly “thwarted, stonewalled and misled at every turn” a US-based demolition company’s efforts to collect an outstanding $754,704 balance for work on the $3.5 billion project.