The boys and girls senior all-star soccer teams from Orange and Seminole counties weathered a chilly Saturday night at Showalter Field in Winter Park to put on quite a showcase for fans. The games will be aired on Saturday on Bright House Channel 47.
Give it up for Orlando Magic forward Matt Barnes, who like it or not deserves a ton of credit for helping the home team escape Amway Arena on Sunday with a 96-94 win over Kobe Bryant and the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Following a 66-59 win over Barry in the Sunshine State Conference title game, the No. 17 Rollins men’s basketball team makes its ninth trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament. Myk Brown earned SSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
On the final day of the NFCA Leadoff Classic at South Commons Stadium and Complex in Columbus, Ga., the UCF softball team scored a 3-2 upset over No. 9 Alabama. This weekend the Knights host the six-team UCF Tournament through Sunday.
In the latest power rankings published by NLL Insider, the Orlando Titans sit atop the latest rankings following last weekend’s 16-12 win on the road over then-No. 2 Toronto. Matt Vinc and Casey Powell each earned player of week honors.
Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, threats of violence kept him from playing in Central Florida. He returns this week in an upcoming exhibit entitled “Pride & Passion: The African American Baseball Experience” at UCF.
In front of family and friends at UCF Arena, former Olympia standout Dexter Fields played his best collegiate basketball game to date. Fields drained four 3-pointers and went 1-for-2 at the line in helping UAB notch a victory over the Knights.
In the third game between these two rivals, the comeback attempt for Edgewater was not enough as Winter Park’s Brett Comer dropped 23 points to help the Wildcats move to the region finals – on Saturday at Jacksonville First Coast – with a 70-59 win.
While batting fourth in UCF’s lineup Beau Taylor went 8-for-12 with two home runs, five runs scored and five RBI over the weekend. He was then named C-USA Baseball Hitter of the Week for the first time in his young collegiate career.
It’s official. Again. What was initially being tabbed as Arena Football One (AF1), the resurgent indoor football game is back to being called what it always has been – the Arena Football League. Same name, same logo, and some familiar franchises.