$3,000 Move That Began A Slow End To Tony Curry’s Promising Baseball Career 1961

In 1959, Bahamian Tony Curry was named the MVP of the Eastern Minor League, leading with 179 hits, 108 runs ...
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Leslie Miller Breaking Track and Field Records for 440 yard dash 1966

Sport has long been a pathway to scholarships for secondary and tertiary education abroad, for many naturally gifted Bahamian athletes ...
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Policeman Who Pretended To Still Be In High School To Play Basketball 1975

Sports, in all its forms, has long been notoriously riddled with accusations of cheating. Amateur high school sports is no ...
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Was Maud Culmer the first Bahamian Female World Explorer? 1922

White women have been largely overlooked, in the history of the Bahamas. In the early era of Bahamian time, white ...
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The first Bahamas Flying Treasure Hunt 1963

By 1962, more than 9,000 private planes had landed, in various ports, within the Bahamas. This was a new record ...
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Bimini Boxing Sensation “Yama Bahama” 1956

From highs to lows to highs to contentment, that might characterise the incredible life of William Butler, better known as ...
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Florida resident competes for Bahamas in the Olympics 1976

By 1976, the Bahamas had only ever won two Olympic medals in all of its history and nothing since 1964 ...
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