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By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net eam manager Courtney Wallace said the Bahamas’ 80-member team is ready for the staging of the 2018 CARIFTA Games at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium this Easter holiday weekend. The team went through a light workout session yesterday and is getting ready to enter the Games Village at the Melia Hotel today when the visiting teams start to arrive for the games that will open on Friday night. “One of the main things that we are trying to do is to get them mentally and physically prepared, anything that we can do to ensure that they are ready for the competition,” Wallace said. “We are also trying to keep them relaxed and to make sure that they are healthy. This is a good team and they have put in the work and I’m out here every day watching them, so I think we will be very proud of their performances.” Most of the countries are expected to arrive in town today and will be staying at the Melia Hotel. Head coach Bernard Rolle said the team is looking good and he’s expecting some spectacular performances. “I’m satisfied with the way we look and I expect that we will do some spectacular things this weekend,” Rolle said. “We could look forward to our under-17 boys and girls doing very well and those relays. We will defend our house. “Jamaica, nor the other countries, are going to come here and sweep us. We are trying to win every one of the relays.” As for any predictions on the team, Rolle declined to make any, other than to say that he expects for the team to do better than the Bahamas has ever done before, including finishing third last year in Curacao behind powerhouse Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. One of those athletes who is looking forward to competing at home is sprinter Devine Parker, who will lead the under-20 girls’ division. “My preparation has been going good. I’m staying focused and training to the best of my ability to go into the games determined and ready to compete in the front of my home crowd,” said Parker, who

will run the 100, 200 and on the 4 x 100 metre relay team. It’s been a relatively easy season for Parker, who didn’t compete that much due to an injury. But she said she’s where she wants to be physically and mentally she’s trying to ensure that she can trust God to take her where she needs to go. “Physically I feel better than last year. I feel more in shape than last year, so my only hope is that I can go into CARIFTA determined to have fun and do the best of my ability,” she stated. As for the team, Parker said they are gelling and so it’s just a matter of them coming together and performing as a team to get the job done to represent the country the best that they can at home. Tristan Hanna, one of the competitors to watch in the under-20 boys’ division, said he’s looking forward to the competition coming in from Jamaica and the other countries. “My preparation has been tough. You can’t just come out here four days of the week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, you have to come out seven days of the week to make sure that you are ready,” he said. “I’m doing the pole vault and triple jump, so I’m looking forward to winning. I want the double gold.” Hanna said this is a wellrounded team and so the public can expect to see all areas carrying their weight. For Raymond Oriakhi, he will have his hands full

TEAM BAHAMAS members take part in a light workout session yesterday and is getting ready to enter the Games Village at the Melia Hotel today. SEE CARIFTA schedule on page 3 Photos: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff in the under-17 division, but he’s up to the task ahead of him. “I think I’m well prepared for the CARIFTA Games,” he said. “I’m looking to medal in all of my events, the 110 and 400m hurdles, 400m and the 4 x 4. My training has been going very well, so I expect to do very well.” And Oriakhi said there’s nothing better than competing at home. “With the games being here at home, I think our chances are even better for us to perform. We have a very good team and so the public should see some good performances from us.” Jaida Knowles, a big part of the strong under-17 girls’

division, said her training has been phenomenal, so look for some great things from her. “I’ve been training to the best of my ability to be ready for the competition,” Knowles said. “You have to be ready, not just physically, but mentally, because track is a mental thing. “You have to put in your mind that track is a mental sport and you can’t be afraid of anyone. You need to be mentally strong to go out there and compete against whoever comes to race against you.” What Knowles likes is the fact that the games are home this year. “We will have our family and friends and the

junkanoo music so we have to be ready,” she said. “Jamaica is coming with an attitude, so we have to be able to block them out and focus on our races.” Knowles will be running both the 100 and 200 as well as the 4 x 100m relay and her aim is to medal, if not win all of her events. As for the team, Knowles said they are gelling together and so hopefully they will remain focused as they prepare for the competition this weekend. The games begin with the opening ceremonies at 6pm on Friday. The first session of competition starts at 9am on Saturday. The games will wrap up on Monday night.

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ANOTHER PROMOTION FOR ‘CHAMP’ By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net JERVIS “Champ” Stuart received another promotion in the New York Mets organisation, a week ahead of Minor League Baseball Opening Day. Stuart was assigned to the Las Vegas 51s, the Mets’ Triple A-affiliate in the Pacific Coast League. Based in Las Vegas, they are named for Area 51 which is located near Rachel, Nevada, about 80 miles north of Las Vegas. They play at Cashman Field which has a capacity of 9,334 people. The 51s won the PCL championship as the Stars in 1986 and 1988. The team has plans to move into Las Vegas Ballpark, a new 10,000-seat facility located in Summerlin, in 2019. In 2012, the 51s signed a Player Development Contract with the Mets. For the second consecutive offseason, Stuart has received a spring training call up from the Mets in Grapefruit League play at First Data Field in Port St Lucie, Florida. In 101 games last season with the Double-A Binghampton Rumble Ponies, Stuart led the Eastern League with 35 stolen bases, hit .222, slugging .331, an on-base percentage of .310, an OPS of .641 and five home runs. In 2016 he had a season of several milestones, including an appearance as a pinch runner in the final Grapefruit League game for the Mets in spring training. His last call up was also preluded by a stellar regular season, and an offseason spent in the Arizona Fall League. The league attracts many of the top prospects in the minor leagues and is designed for these prospects to refine their skills and perform in game settings in front of major and minor league baseball scouts and team executives, who are in attendance at almost every game. In 19 games, Stuart hit .300 with 12 runs scored, five RBI, 12 stolen bases an OBP of.329 and OPS of .729 with one home run. He continued with the Port St Lucie Mets in SingleA Advanced, which led to a Double-A call-up with Binghamton. Through 114 games in both leagues, Stuart hit .240 with 34 RBI and eight home runs. He has also totalled an OBP of .319, slugging percentage of .349 an OPS of .663 and his aforementioned 40 stolen bases. Stuart was one of 10 Bahamian players to compete for Team Great Britain at the World Baseball Classic Qualifier in Brooklyn, New York.

Coleby posts double double in final game of collegiate career By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net DWIGHT Coleby posted a double double in the final game of his collegiate career, but the postseason run for his Western Kentucky Hilltoppers ended in the National Invitational Tournament semi-finals.

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The Hilltoppers’ season came to an end in a 69-64 loss to the Utah Utes in the NIT semi-finals at Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday night. Coleby finished with 10 points and 13 rebounds. WKU finished the season 27-11 and they achieved the programme’s most wins in a decade. Their 38 games played tied the programme record and their three postseason victories also tied a school record as they advanced to the NIT semis for the first time since 1954. “First coming here, it was a whole new team and we had to step up and be leaders,” Coleby said. “Normally we’d step in and someone was already the leader on the team. Coach told us we needed to be leaders. That’s not really our personality to be outspoken and be leaders like that. We tried our best to help the team out.”

WESTERN Kentucky forward Dwight Coleby (22) shoots over Utah forward David Collette in the first half of the semi-finals of the NIT on Tuesday night. (AP)

They finished the season 4-2 against Power 5 conference schools. After an 8-0 run the Hilltoppers led by as much as 13 in the first half, 18-5 with about three minutes left. Utah went on an 11-0 run to eventually take the lead and the teams went into the break tied at 32. WKU last led 64-63 with 1:27 left to play, but the Utes closed the game on a 6-0. Hilltoppers head coach Rick Stansbury has called this particular group special due to the group of players coming together quickly over the course of a single season. Senior forward Justin Johnson was the lone player on active roster who played minutes for last year’s team. Nearly every other player on the roster, including Coleby, experienced their first year with the programme. Coleby averaged 11.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in his lone season as a graduate transfer in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Last season with the Kansas Jayhawks, he averaged 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game in his lone season in Lawrence after transferring from Ole Miss. He was already set to spend the 201516 season on the sidelines as a transfer but he suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during a light team workout in October 2015 and had to undergo a gruelling rehab process. “I’ve talked about our seniors all year long. They’re incredible people, they always play great, they’re the kind of people that you want to be around and you want to coach,” Stansbury said. “I told y’all one thing Dwight would average more than 1.7 like he did at Kansas. I think he surpassed all of our expectations, the one thing I knew we were getting is a quality person and when you are trying to mix a whole new team together you better have good ingredients, meaning good people and that’s where it started.”

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CARIFTA Games THE SCHEDULE

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TABERNACLE Baptist completed a dominant season by claiming the Division I title in a 59-44 win over the Jack Hayward Wildcats Monday night at the St George’s Gymnasium in Grand Bahama.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL NATIONALS BY THE NUMBERS By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net SEVERAL of the best high school basketball players in the country took full advantage of the opportunity to showcase their skills at the third edition of the National High School Basketball Championships. The Bahamas Basketball Federation along with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology hosted the event in Grand Bahama, which featured the top senior boys and girls and Family Island, divisions. The Tabernacle Baptist emerged as the story and completed a dominant season by claiming the Division I title in a 59-44 win over the Jack Hayward Wildcats Monday night at the St. George’s Gymnasium. Several other athletes raised their stock in an effort to secure scholarships, set the tone for next year or simply end the season on a positive note. The Falcons’ senior point guard Desmond Butler was named the MVP after he tied for the team high with 13 points in the title game. He led the All-Tournament team selections along with fellow Falcons teammates Alfredo Brown and Regis Cooper. Other All-Tournament selections included Dominick Bridgewater (Anatol Rodgers), Tavon Scott (CI Gibson), Derico Burrows (CI Gibson), Cornelius Clyde (St Augustine’s), Mateo Taylor (Jordan Prince William), Kingcy

Thompson (St. George’s), Malachi McCoy (Doris Johnson) McKell Bethell (Jack Hayward).and Clevon Clarke (Jack Hayward). Bridgewater finished as the tournament’s leading scorer at 20.5 points per game and made the most field goals with 30. He scored his tournament high of 30 in the second of the T’Wolves four games of the tournament. Clyde was the second leading scorer at 14 points per game. Other top scorers in the tournament included Clarke at 12.83 points per game, Cooper and CI Gibson’s Terrance Storr at 12 points per game. Martie Davis, from the Sunland Stingers, was the tournament’s top rebounder with 11 rebounds per game, one of three players to average double figures in the category. Scott grabbed 10.5 boards per game while Cooper was the lone player in the tourney to average a double double with his 10.33 rebounds per game and was also the tournament’s leading shot blocker at 2.33 per game. Burrows and Scott each averaged 1.75 blocks per game. Butler led the tournament in assists at 3.25 per game. Taylor was also the top free throw shooter with 20 makes from the line Nathan Sullivan of Teleos led the tournament in steals at 4.5 per game followed by Brandon Strachan of CC Sweeting at 3.8 per game and Bethel third at at 3.17 per game.

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DORIS Johnson Mystic Marlins reclaimed national title with a win over arch-rival Jordan Prince William Falcons. Clarke was the top threepoint shooter with 16 made field goals from beyond the arch with Andre Calvert of the T’Wolves was second with nine. In the Senior Girls division, the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins reclaimed national title with a win over arch rival Jordan Prince William Falcons led by an MVP performance from Briontae Riley who averaged a double double at 10.5 points and 15.5 rebounds per game. Riley led the All-Tournament Team which also included Aaliyah Johnson (CV Bethel), Amir Thompson (Doris Johnson), Kiajah Smith (Bishop Michael Eldon), Myah Greene (Bishop Michael Eldon), Willciana Toussaint (St. George’s),

Jamiela Miller-Robins (St. George’s), Antonicia Moultrie (SAC), Brianna Stevens (Jordan Prince William), Shaniqua Thompson (Jordan Prince William), Alkiea Rolle (Mt. Carmel) and Tatyanna Lockhart (Tabernacle) Johnson, the Stingrays’ versatile wing, was the leading scorer at 22.75 points per game, led the tournament in steals at 5.25 per game and was third in assists at 2.5 per game. Smith of BMES scored 15.25 points per game and Rolle was third with 15 per game. Miller-Robins was the top rebounder at 17 boards per game. Thompson led the tournament with 3.6 assists per game. Rolle was the top shot blocker at 2.5 per

game, Touissant was the top three point shooter with seven made field goals from beyond the arch. In the Family Island division, the Gateway Eagles out of Bimini claimed their second consecutive national title. They were led by Dencil Jones Jr who was named the tournament MVP. Jones was a member of the All-Tournament team alongside Bradley Lightbourne (Gateway), Chester McPhee (Gateway), Oswald Meadows (Agape), Regan Roberts (Agape), Michael Adderley (Adderley), Nakajah Adderley (Patrick J Bethel), Juvens Louivious (Patrick J Bethel), Dremiko McIntosh (Patrick J Bethel), Kavano Parker (South Andros), Mannalick Smith (South Andros),

Jervito Johnson (Central Eleuthera). Meadows led the tournament in three statistical categories points, rebounds per game and free throws made. He scored 21.83 points, grabbed 11.17 rebounds per game and made a total of 30 free throws Jones led the tournament with 3.5 assists per game. Lightbourne was second at 17.35 points per game and Smith third at 13.25. Lightbourne was also the leader in steals at five per game. McPhee finished behind Meadows at 10.75 rebounds per game and was the leading shot blocker at 1.75 per game. Agape’s Roberts was the top three point shooter with 12 makes.

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Thursday, March 29, 2018, PAGE 5

Sister Jean and Loyola of Chicago Ramblers ‘underdog fascination’ in NCAA Final Four It has been a while since news about a major American sports event has been dominated by a 98-yearold nun, but here we are. Jean Dolores Schmidt, now familiar to the millions of casual and fanatic sports fans who know her as Sister Jean, is the team chaplain for the Loyola of Chicago Ramblers, the underdog fascination in the final weekend of America’s annual NCAA college basketball tournament. Known as March Madness by nearly everyone, this tournament has grown to 72 teams and stretches over three gruelling weeks of frenetic action. The Final Four teams square off starting tomorrow. A big part of the significance and interest in the NCAA basketball tourney is that entry is granted to the champions of nearly every collegiate conference that plays basketball in the country. Conferences most fans may not readily recognize also send their champions to participate. The Ivy League, for example, that does not award athletic scholarships, is annually represented by its champion. In 1965, Princeton even made it to the final weekend behind future Senator and Presidential candidate Bill Bradley. The NCAA tourney invited 23 teams then. March Madness thus becomes the largest American arena where David and Goliath can meet in athletic competition. This year, as rarely before, several Davids have prevailed. But while two of Saturday’s four finalists, Kansas and Villanova, were regional No. 1 seeds, the other two were a relative surprise in No. 3 seed Michigan from the Big Ten and a real shocker in No. 11 seed Loyola of Chicago. This year’s NCAA basketball tournament has already witnessed many

upsets and one that was unprecedented. NCAA basketball tournament teams are seeded and drawn against each other to match the supposed best and worst in each geographic region. Three weeks ago, the nation’s overall top-rated team from the University of Virginia was defeated by a lightly regarded qualifier from the University of Maryland’s campus in Baltimore. This was the first time in the long history of the tournament that a No. 1 seed had fallen to a No. 16 seed. In the same South region, No. 13 seeded University of Buffalo whipped a very highly rated and No. 4 seeded though troubled team from the University of Arizona, which featured a 7-foot player tipped to be the first choice in June’s annual NBA draft. Arizona has been one of the teams of interest in a federal investigation into various irregularities in recruiting players. Earlier this year, the University of Louisville’s Hall of Fame coach, Rick Pitino, was among the casualties when an investigation at his school revealed pervasive rule breaking. A second No. 1 seed fell in the second round. The Xavier Musketeers, from Cincinnati, were beaten by ninth-ranked Florida State. The mighty were falling. No. 11 seed Loyola

of Chicago, hardly heard from on the national scene since their stupendous title 55 years ago, continued to beat favored teams along the way to this weekend. Now, inspired by peerless talisman Sister Jean, the Loyola Ramblers are rolling into the first of Saturday’s semi-final games, against No. 3 seed Michigan. Loyola boasts an undergraduate enrolment of 11,000 on 105 acres in America’s third largest city. Michigan enrols 45.000 undergraduates on a 3,200acre suburban campus. But the two are on an equal playing field this weekend. The Wolverines won the Big Ten championship in a rough New York City conference tournament featuring several more celebrated conference rivals. Michigan prevailed with discipline and defence. Most observers expect them to find a way past Loyola into Monday’s final. As press time approached, Michigan was running second among Las Vegas books at 5/2 odds to win the tournament. The Big Ten champs are favoured by 5.5 points over Loyola, with the over/under on points at 129.5. But Sister Jean has her own bobblehead. Famously asked by a reporter what she gave up for Lent, she tersely replied: “Losing.” On Easter Eve, the Seer is going with Sister Jean and the Loyola Ramblers

VILLANOVA’s Jalen Brunson celebrates their win over Texas Tech in an NCAA men’s college basketball tournament regional final on Sunday. Villanova won 71-59 to advance to the Final Four. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) to stun another favourite. Villanova is favoured by 5 school – generally at the Loyola should defy the points. The over/under on expense of the football proodds again to win outright, total points is 129.5. gramme, which is usually but they will likely cover The latest coach to suc- weaker at all four schools. the 5.5 points they are get- cumb to Philadelphia’s The Jayhawks under coach ting in any case. With two Villanova Wildcats was Bill Self have foundered swarming defences on the Chris Beard of Texas Tech, often in the tournament’s floor, the recommendation in the East region finals. second weekend, but shook is to bet the under on total For Villanova, Beard said, off that dispiriting history points. the key element “is not by beating Duke in overThe second game Satur- their three-point shooting, time to reach the Final day matches two regional their small ball, or their Four. The bet here is that favourites in No. 1 seeds athleticism. By far, it’s their the win over Duke was the Villanova and Kansas. toughness. It’s one of the high point for Kansas, and This is another matchup of toughest teams we have that Villanova will be too an urban Catholic school played all year.” much for them to handle. versus a giant midwestern Under coach Jay Wright, The Seer recommends betstate university. Las Vegas Villanova won this champi- ting on the Wildcats, to win oddsmakers have estab- onship two years ago. and cover the point spread. lished Villanova as the even Kansas, like other basket- Bet the under on total money favourite to win the ball bluebloods Kentucky, points here, too. tournament; Kansas is at Duke and North Carolina, The final? Let’s wait and 3/1. For this semifinal game, is known as a basketball see.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2018

CAVALIERS’ LeBron James dunks against the Hornets last night in the first half. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

LeBron James ties Jordan’s double-digit scoring mark CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LeBron James has tied one of Michael Jordan’s most impressive records with his 866th consecutive game with at least 10 points. James matched Jordan’s 17-year-old mark last night against the Jordan-owned Charlotte Hornets when he scored on a powerful alleyoop dunk on a pass from J.R. Smith in the second quarter. The 33-year-old James began his streak on January 6, 2007. He can break Jordan’s record Friday night when

the Cavaliers host the New Orleans Pelicans. James’ accomplishments are often compared to those of Jordan, who many still believe is the greatest NBA player ever. Cavaliers associate head coach Larry Drew said before the game that it is a “phenomenal accomplishment,” but added “there will be more records down the road that he will be breaking. ... if he continues to produce the numbers that he has been producing.” Jordan set his streak from 1986-2001.

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Ball tampering plot: Smith, Warner banned for 12 months By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were banned for 12 months yesterday after an investigation into the Australian cricket team’s cheating scandal identified Warner as the instigator of the ball tampering plan that unravelled in South Africa. Cricket Australia said Warner “instructed” young batsman Cameron Bancroft to carry out the tampering on the field with a piece of sandpaper — even showed Bancroft how to do it — then misled match officials and tried to cover up his role in the cheating. Smith, the top test batsman in the world and the star of Australian cricket, knew about the plan. But the captain failed “to take steps to seek to prevent the development and implementation of that plan,” Cricket Australia said as it released the findings of the investigation by its head of integrity that dragged in all the players, coaches and backroom staff for questioning. Smith and Warner were banned from playing for Australia, or any high-level cricket in Australia, for a year. Bancroft, maybe because he’s an impressionable newcomer

in the team, received a Underlining the extent nine-month ban. of the damage to AusThe 28-year-old Smith tralia’s reputation, the will not be allowed to Cricket Australia bans captain Australia for two were far more serious years and Warner will than punishments handed never be allowed to hold out by the International a leadership position in Cricket Council. The ICC Australian cricket again. banned Smith for one At 31, Warner may never test, gave Bancroft disciplay for Australia again. plinary demerit points but The fallout extended no ban at all, and didn’t beyond Australia. The even charge Warner with SMITH (AP) three players were also any offence following the all banned for the 2018 edition of tampering episode in the third test the Indian Premier League, deny- last weekend. ing them places in the lucrative That led some to argue that Twenty20 tournament where play- CA had gone too far in their puners are paid big money to appear. ishments for an offence that has “These are significant penalties happened multiple times before for professional players and the in cricket. “We are all so hurt and (Cricket Australia) board does not angry and maybe we weren’t so impose them lightly,” CA chair- sure how to react. We’d just never man David Peever said. “It is seen it before,” Australia great hoped that following a period of Shane Warne, one of the best suspension, the players will be able bowlers the game has seen, wrote to return to playing the game they on his social media accounts. “But love and eventually rebuild their the jump to hysteria is something careers.” that has elevated the offence All three were encouraged by beyond what they actually did, and national administrators to play maybe we’re at a point where the low-level club cricket during their punishment just might not fit the bans in an attempt to rebuild trust crime.” with the Australian public. Smith’s fall from grace was In terms of Smith’s future cap- sudden and steep after he captaincy prospects, CA said that tained Australia to a 4-0 Ashes “would be conditional on accept- rout of England a few months ago, ance by fans and the public.” establishing himself as the best

batsman in the world with a series of outstanding performances. Now, he’s an outcast in his sport, only allowed to play club cricket. As he left the team hotel in Johannesburg, Smith told the Associated Press he didn’t feel like playing any cricket right now. Wearing a white T-shirt and dark baseball cap, Smith hugged teammate Tim Paine, who has replaced him as Australia’s test captain, before he headed for the airport. Coach Darren Lehmann, who was cleared of having any knowledge of the tampering plan, was part of a small group of players and backroom staff to see him off. Smith was later escorted by police into Johannesburg’s international airport. Smith faced humiliating scenes as he moved through the airport, accompanied by boos and calls of “cheat.” He was surrounded by at least six police officers and was led by the hand, several times jostled by the crowd. The three cricketers will return to face an outraged Australian public which has witnessed the treasured reputation of its favourite sports team severely tarnished. “They have made a grave mistake, but they are not bad people,” Lehmann said. The saga could signal the end of the international career of Warner,

a pugnacious opening batsman who has a series of disciplinary breaches behind him. Warner had already been identified as the chief culprit in the plot by Australian media, which said he had completely fallen out with his teammates. Australia’s Fox Sports reported that Warner was seen drinking champagne in a hotel bar in Cape Town earlier this week with non-cricket friends while the investigation into one of the most damaging scandals in Australian sport was underway. The ball tampering plan could be seen as being almost comical if it hadn’t destroyed reputations and possibly careers. Tasked with doing the tampering in the game in Cape Town, Bancroft was caught in the act by television cameras and then panicked and tried to hide the piece of sandpaper he used down the front of his trousers, an action that was also caught on TV and replayed over and over in slow-motion and close-up. Smith and Bancroft were forced to front up and admit the plot to reporters after play in the face of the overwhelming TV evidence. In one intriguing detail, CA said that Bancroft used sandpaper on the ball to rough it up. The players originally said they used yellow sticky tape and dirt.

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MAYAGUANA High: 76° F/24° C Low: 73° F/23° C

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 76° F/24° C Low: 73° F/23° C

GREAT INAGUA High: 79° F/26° C Low: 72° F/22° C

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High: 76° F/24° C Low: 72° F/22° C

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marine Forecast ABACO ANDROS CAT ISLAND CROOKED ISLAND ELEUTHERA FREEPORT GREAT EXUMA GREAT INAGUA LONG ISLAND MAYAGUANA NASSAU RAGGED ISLAND SAN SALVADOR

Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday: Today: Friday:

WINDS SE at 8-16 Knots SE at 6-12 Knots SE at 8-16 Knots ESE at 6-12 Knots E at 8-16 Knots ESE at 7-14 Knots E at 10-20 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots E at 8-16 Knots ESE at 7-14 Knots SE at 8-16 Knots SSE at 7-14 Knots E at 8-16 Knots ESE at 7-14 Knots E at 10-20 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots E at 8-16 Knots E at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ESE at 8-16 Knots ESE at 4-8 Knots E at 10-20 Knots E at 8-16 Knots E at 8-16 Knots ESE at 7-14 Knots

WAVES 5-9 Feet 3-5 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-2 Feet 6-10 Feet 4-7 Feet 6-10 Feet 4-7 Feet 5-9 Feet 3-5 Feet 4-8 Feet 2-4 Feet 3-5 Feet 1-3 Feet 5-9 Feet 3-6 Feet 5-9 Feet 3-6 Feet 8-12 Feet 5-9 Feet 3-5 Feet 1-3 Feet 3-6 Feet 2-4 Feet 5-9 Feet 3-5 Feet

VISIBILITY 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles

WATER TEMPS. 73° F 73° F 76° F 76° F 77° F 77° F 79° F 79° F 74° F 74° F 73° F 73° F 76° F 76° F 80° F 80° F 79° F 79° F 78° F 78° F 74° F 74° F 78° F 78° F 76° F 76° F

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