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As NBA play prepares to commence in the Disney bubble in Orlando on July 30, the Orlando Magic has reportedly had to lay off 31 employees because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Orlando Magic writer John Denton reported on Saturday morning that the NBA team was forced to lay off a large portion of their staff yesterday […]
He is—in relative terms in a land of giants—small in stature and raw, magnetic star power. But as days went by and Kyle Lowry appeared absent from the Toronto Raptors’ stay in Naples, Florida prior to their arrival in Orlando, it became increasingly clear who possesses the central gravitational force for the defending NBA champions. […]
Troy Daniels of the Denver Nuggets shared some pics of his first meal from the NBA bubble at the Disney World Resort’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida. Troy Daniels’ dinner on Night 1 inside the NBA Bubble. pic.twitter.com/cVYfuwSzxQ — Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) July 8, 2020 People quickly responded with jokes comparing […]
Included in the NBA’s plan to restart the 2019-2020 season at Walt Disney World in Orlando is that players will be given the option to wear Oura smart rings to detect if and when they begin showing symptoms of COVID-19 According to the NBA’s new health and safety memo for the restart of the season, players will be receiving […]
On Sunday, Patrick Beverley shared an insight that was probably half-joke and half-true—or at least the gist of it— which held that big-time stars will have major influence on the NBA’s return. Specifically, he was addressing reported disagreements between the league and some of its players, notably Kyrie Irving, on resuming the 2019-20 season in an Orlando-based bubble. As […]
Body cam footage released this week shows police in Orlando, Florida arresting a crying six-year-old girl. An attorney representing the child’s family shared the footage, which shows the child being restrained by zip ties, with a regional NBC News affiliate. “Please let me go,” the child is heard pleading with the officers. According to the accompanying […]
Mario and friends are set to make Florida one of their new homes. Comcast executives announced on Tuesday that Universal Orlando will open a fourth park based on Nintendo characters in 2023. According to USA Today, Universal’s Super Nintendo World theme park will debut this summer at its location in Osaka, Japan. It will then transition to […]
An Orlando grandmother was surprised to learn that her 6-year-old granddaughter was taken into custody by police for throwing a fit. According to a local-NBC Affiliate, Meralyn Kirkland was informed by Orlando police officer, Dennis Turner, that her granddaughter, Kaia, was taken to a juvenile detention center. Turner is the resource officer at Lucious and Emma Nixon Elementary charter school and […]
A woman was banned from Disney World after she punched an employee and took control of the ride. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, a Chicago woman identified as Jessica Grines, was attempting to ride the Tower of Terror when she and her group were informed that the FastPasses they purchased could not be used to cut the ride’s line. […]
Michael Shawn Hunt, the 43-year-old man convicted of stalking Lana Del Rey earlier this year, has been sentenced to one year in prison. The singer addressed the conviction on her social accounts Friday, as well as Hunt’s attempt to bring a knife into her Orlando concert in February. Hunt pleaded no contest to the stalking charge, which was […]
