For the third time since 2005 the Conference USA Championship Game comes to Orlando as the UCF Knights host SMU on Saturday at 12 noon at Bright House Networks Stadium. UCF is now ranked No. 25.
The Arena Football League’s Orlando Predators is hosting its first open tryout of the offseason Nov. 13, 2010 at Thunder Field at the Citrus Bowl Complex on 1610 West Church Street in Orlando.
Last season the Dallas Mavericks (55-27) finished with the second-best record in the Western Conference and won the Southwest Division title by five games over the No. 6 San Antonio Spurs (53-29).
Last season the Orlando Magic (59-23) finished with the second-best record in the NBA and another Southeast Division title by six games over the Atlanta Hawks (53-29). The Magic would lose in the Eastern Finals.
UCF football will commemorate four jersey numbers during the Knights’ Homecoming game against Rice. The four honorees are Daunte Culpepper, Kevin Smith, Joe Burnett and the late Wayne Densch.
Last season the Utah Jazz (53-29) edged out the Denver Nuggets (53-29) for the Northwest Division title, securing home-court advantage in their matchup in the Western Conference where the Jazz would go on to eliminate the Nuggets.
Last season the Cleveland Cavaliers finished with the best regular season record in the NBA at 61-21 and won the Central Division in the Eastern Conference by 15 games over the Milwaukee Bucks (46-36).
Last season the Los Angeles Lakers finished with the best regular season record in the Western Conference at 57-25 and won the Pacific Division by three games over the Phoenix Suns (54-28) before taking the NBA title.
Last season the Boston Celtics finished with just the fourth-best regular season record in the Eastern Conference at 50-32, which was still good enough to win the Atlantic Division by 10 games over the Toronto Raptors.
If you were unable to catch the Elite 24 High School All-Star Game broadcast from Venice Beach this past Saturday, you missed out on an MVP performance from Winter Park senior Austin Rivers, who had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists despite suffering an injury.