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The Orlando Magic’s brain trust has fulfilled the request fans have been clamoring for. After two seasons barely qualifying for the playoffs and 40-plus games of below-average play in 2021, president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman made the decision to trade away Nikola Vucevic, Evan Fournier, and Aaron Gordon for young players and draft assets. The Orlando Magic chose to hit reset on the franchise at this year’s trade deadline, sending out the three pillars Read More...
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The Orlando Miracle were a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Orlando, Florida. They began play in the 1999 WNBA season. The Miracle relocated, in 2003, to Uncasville, Connecticut where the team became the Connecticut Sun. The Miracle was a sister team to the NBA’s Orlando Magic. The city of Orlando was granted an expansion franchise in 1998, and the Orlando Miracle took the floor for the 1999 WNBA season. The Miracle posted Read More...
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The Orlando Thunder was a member of the World League of American Football from 1991 to 1992 (known as NFL Europe from 1995 onwards). The team played their games in the 70,000 seat Florida Citrus Bowl, and was coached by Don Matthews in 1991 and Galen Hall in 1992. The team’s most visible point was their colors – the League wanted to develop new colors which hadn’t been used for teams before, hence the vermilion Read More...
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Several different minor league baseball teams have called the city of Orlando, Florida home from 1919–2003. Most have played in the Florida State League. The original Orlando franchise played between 1919 and 1924 and was alternately called the Caps, Tigers and Bulldogs. The Orlando Colts played between 1926 and 1928. The Orlando Gulls began in 1937 but changed their name the following year to the Orlando Senators when they became an affiliate of the Washington Read More...
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Amway Arena (originally known as Orlando Arena) was an indoor arena located in Orlando, Florida. It was part of the Orlando Centroplex, a sports and entertainment complex located in Downtown Orlando. The arena was the former home of the Orlando Magic of the NBA and the Orlando Titans of the NLL. It was also the home of the Orlando Solar Bears of the International Hockey League, and the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. Read More...
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The Orlando Predators were a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida and member of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was most recently owned by Orlando Predators LLC, a company owned by David A. Siegel, and played its home games at Amway Center. The team was founded in 1991 as an expansion team of the AFL. The team advanced to the playoffs 19 consecutive seasons between 1992 and 2011, becoming the ArenaBowl Read More...
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The Orlando Mayhem is a football team in the Independent Women’s Football League based in Orlando, Florida. Home games are played on the campus of East Ridge High School in nearby Clermont. From their inaugural season of 2002 until the middle of 2004, the Mayhem was known as the Orlando Starz.
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Tinker Field was an outdoor baseball stadium in Orlando, Florida, United States. Named after Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Tinker, it was located in the West Lakes neighborhoods of Downtown Orlando, adjacent to the Camping World Stadium and one mile west of the Amway Center. In April 2015 the City of Orlando tore down the grandstands and removed all other extant buildings. Constructed in 1914, Tinker Field was the spring training home of the Brooklyn Read More...
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In February 2003, overlooking what should be a green sea of grass at this time of year, the scoreboard at Baseball City in Davenport sits fading in the sun. The Kansas City Royals moved after the 2002 season to Surprise, Ariz.
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Orlando Jai-Alai is closing after nearly 48 years in business. Employees were told Thursday that the struggling Seminole County pari-mutuel would remain open until Dec. 27. Gamblers could bet on jai-alai games at the fronton from February to April and on races and games at tracks across the country the rest of the year. Manager Howard Ostrom said company heads had been trying to keep the business open for years, but increasing competition from other Read More...
