Adam Silver discusses lifetime suspension for Sterling and fined $2.5million

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been suspended for life from the Los Angeles Clippers and the NBA. He may not attend games, practices, or Clippers facilities. He may also not attend Board of Governors meetings...

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Gold and silver for three-member chess team

The Bahamas junior chess team returned on April 23 from the CARIFTA Chess Championships in Martinique, where the four-day tournament brought together nearly 80 of the Caribbean's best young players. Representing The Bahamas were nine-year-old Candidate Master (CM) Nathan Smith, 15-year-old Chaz Garraway, and 17-year-old Phillip Hanna.
After seven rounds of tense mental struggle, it was young maste...

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Rackell Charlton brings back the silver medal in Young Chef of the Year competition

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The Bahamas Mantas Water Polo Club wins silver medal

From March 15-16, the Mantas Water Polo Club sent its under-13 and under-10 water polo teams to participate in the first Florida Water Polo Tournament in Pompano Beach.
Mantas Water Polo Club President Chris Illis, along with his son Peter Illis, also competed for the Fort Lauderdale Masters Team.
Both teams were inexperienced and struggled because of the aggressive style of play and the physical ...

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Silver and bronze at the world indoors

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Silver Leads For Day 4 Of PCA 2014 Main Event

British pro Max Silver is leading the last 72 players in the $10k PCA 2014 Main Event bagging up 1,453,000 for Day 4. The 23-year-old former Full Tilt Poker employee, here at the PCA with fiancee Lisa, has been on a tear in the last few months, ending 2013 with a sixth place finish for ?160,200 at EPT Prague - which pushed his lifetime tournament winnings to more than $1 million. He cut his teeth ...

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Silver Airways inaugural flight from West Palm Beach greeted at Grand Bahama International Airport

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- The Ministry of Tourism welcomes Silver Airways inaugural flight to Grand Bahama International Airport Nov. 21, 2013, which originated in from West Palm Beach, Florida.
The flight brought to Freeport the airline's president and CEO David Pflieger.
The Director General of Tourism David Johnson said he was proud and pleased to see Freeport take back its rightful place in th...

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No silver lining in the unemployment figures, pt. 2

The Bahamas' economy is in trouble. Construction is at a standstill. Small businesses are failing. Fishermen report this to be the worst crawfish season in memory. The financial services sector is downsizing, tourism performance is weak and the cost of living is rising.
Having presided over an economy that lost 1,260 jobs in its first year in office, the PLP would have us believe that they are...

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No silver lining in the unemployment figures, pt. 1

"Lies, damned lies and statistics" is how Mark Twain popularized a refrain sometimes attributed to a variety of British pundits and politicians when forced to address opponents using statistics to bolster their position.
Just a few weeks ago, the Department of Statistics released the annual unemployment report reflecting a dramatic increase of two percent in unemployment. Immediately, government ...

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Silver Airways expands Florida and Bahamas networks

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