ICON Park has sent a formal request to the SlingShot Group, which owns the ride from which a 14-year-old boy fell to his death late Thursday, demanding the company immediately stop operating its rides at the entertainment complex. Though the Orlando Free Fall drop tower closed indefinitely following the accident that killed Tyre Sampson, the…
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The Orlando Magic’s defense has stepped up since the All-Star break, with much of that success being tied to them trying out different schemes more. The Magic typically play drop defense with their bigs and will occasionally hedge depending on the ball handler, but since the break they’ve been incorporating two other schemes: Zone and…
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Former Florida linebacker Mike Peterson played football because he loved the game. The spoils of success would come later during a lengthy NFL career. Long retired and in his first season on the Gators’ coaching staff, Peterson, 45, worries about the priorities of current players in the age of name, imagine and likeness legislation. “In…
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Brandon Adams still remembers the first few moments of his first start at UCF. The Atlanta native lined up at cornerback on one side, with Davonte Brown on the other, as the Knights opened an Oct. 9 home game vs. East Carolina on defense this past season. Brown broke up a pass play from ECU…
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Florida State caught lightning in the bottle when it signed transfer defensive linemen Jermaine Johnson II and Keir Thomas last offseason. The pass-rushing duo was an indispensable, formidable force up front. The two combined for 18.5 sacks and 30 tackles for loss, with Johnson earning ACC Defensive Player of the Year after leading the league…
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Running off at the typewriter … Oh no, it’s happening again. The golf world has come to a complete and utter standstill because of Tiger Woods. Golf fans, golf media and golf TV executives absolutely are atwitter with the news about Tiger’s possible return to competitive golf at the Masters next week. Obviously, everyone is…
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A 71-year-old Santa Ana house-flipper faces up to nine years in federal prison for income tax fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported Thursday, March 31. John W. Rampello was convicted Wednesday on two counts of subscribing to a false individual income tax return and a count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a…
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UCF held its first scrimmage of spring camp Tuesday, and there’s already clarity with the crowded quarterback room. Sophomore Mikey Keene and Ole Miss transfer John Rhys Plumlee are beginning to separate themselves. According to coach Gus Malzahn, Keene and Plumlee primarily worked with the first string, but did some work with the second string.…
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Mike Granato wrestled with the decision for several weeks. On Monday afternoon, Granato informed West Orange football players that he’d accepted an assistant coaching position at Coffee High School in Douglas, Georgia, a town of less than 12,000 residents nestled nearly 70 miles north of the Florida border. The move comes with a salary increase…
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Players continue to flood the transfer market as more and more coaches across the country embrace the portal. With several new coaching hires at LSU and Florida, the SEC has become a home for several of those transfers. Jarrick Bernard-Converse, CB, LSU Outside of Ole Miss and USC, nobody used the transfer portal better than…
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