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NFL Pro Bowl Week Launches with Grant to Renovate Lake Lorna Doone Park

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January 24, 2017
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ORLANDO (FNN SPORTS) - NFL, Florida Citrus Sports, and City of Orlando announce a grant to renovate Lake Lorna Doone Park. Photo: Mellissa Thomas.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan, NFL Senior Vice President of Events Peter O’Reilly and the NFL team held their NFL Pro Bowl Week Kickoff and Community Grant press conference at Lake Lorna Doone Park Tuesday, awarding the grant to renovate the park as part of…

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January 23, 2017
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ORLANDO (FNN SPORTS) - NFL Pro Bowl Week starts with Fans First! Teammate Rally at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Photo: Mellissa Thomas/Florida National News.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – The 2017 NFL Pro Bowl Week comes to Orlando this week, and the joint organizations involved (NFL, Florida Citrus Sports, Disney, ESPN) held their Fans First! Teammate Rally at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Monday night to excite and prepare the army of volunteers, or “teammates,” for the…

December 30, 2016
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ORLANDO, Fla (FNN SPORTS) The Miami Hurricanes won the 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl against West Virginia Mountaineers on Wednesday night at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, 31-14. Miami finished 2016 with a 9-4 record. WVU finished 10-3. Miami junior quarterback Brad Kaaya threw for 282 yards and four touchdown passes to earn MVP of the Russell…

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November 19, 2016
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ORLANDO: B-CU Wildcats fought to defend their Florida Blue Florida Classic winning streak against the FAMU Rattlers at Camping World Stadium November 19, 2016. Photo: Florida Courier.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – The Florida Blue Florida Classic is a weekend where college friends reunite, families come together and fans show out for an O-town showdown to witness the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Rattlers and Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) Wildcats battle it out on the gridiron for bragging rights. On November 19, 2016, before…

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August 15, 2016
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – The Florida State Seminoles face the Ole Miss Rebels at the Camping World Kickoff at Camping World Stadium 8:00 p.m. ET on Labor Day. The neutral-site season-opening game on Monday, Sept. 5 will be televised nationally from Orlando on ESPN, and the Florida State fans have spoken. According to FSU’s website, the…

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January 1, 2016
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BUFFALO WILD WINGS CITRUS BOWL: University of Florida and University of Michigan fought for the trophy at Orlando Citrus Bowl January 1, 2016. Photo: Mellissa Thomas/Florida National News.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – University of Michigan’s Wolverines were hungry for a tenth win at the 2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (BWWCB) Friday, including Head Coach Jim Harbaugh. “If we win [this] game, it will be the funnest game of my life,” he said during the kickoff press conference Thursday. The audience was…

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December 28, 2015
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Dr. Jerry Punch interviews Baylor Head Coach Art Briles (center) and University of North Carolina Head Coach Larry Fedora (right) during the Russell Athletic Bowl Kickoff Luncheon at Hilton Orlando Monday. Photo: Mellissa Thomas/Florida National News.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – The University of North Carolina Tar Heels have an 8-0 regular season record and 11-2 overall heading into the Russell Athletic Bowl against the Baylor University Bears at Orlando Citrus Bowl December 29, 2015. With UNC yet to win twelve consecutive games in a season, the Russell Athletic Bowl is…

December 7, 2015
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Press Release from Florida Citrus Sports: On behalf of its Selection Committee, Florida Citrus Sports’ Chairman Ken Potrock and CEO Steve Hogan announced today that the Michigan Wolverines (9-3, 6-2 Big 10) have been selected to play the Florida Gators (10-3, 7-1 SEC) in the 2016 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus…

November 22, 2015
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(l-r) Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats head coach Terry Simms, QB Quentin Williams, and LB Robert Way speak at the post-game press conference. Photo: J. Willie David III/Florida National News.

ORLANDO, FL (FNN Sports) – Bethune-Cookman University’s Wildcats came fully focused to defend their winning streak against the Florida A&M University Rattlers at the Orlando Citrus Bowl Saturday, November 21 and successfully did—despite the pouring rain. The B-CU Wildcats beat the FAMU Rattlers 35-14, a sweet first taste of victory for new B-CU head coach…

November 20, 2015
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Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer welcomes the Wildcats and Rattlers back to Orlando. Photo: J. Willie David III/Florida National News.

ORLANDO, FL (FNN Sports) The Florida Blue Florida Classic Kickoff Luncheon opened the annual “family reunion” weekend at the Rosen Centre on International Drive Friday morning. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Central Florida Region Market President Tony Jenkins emceed the event, which began with the procession of the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats and Florida A&M University…