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Shaquille O'Neal, speaks during a pre-game press conference about the Orlando Magic retiring his jersey before the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Kevin Kolczynski)

Orlando Magic retire basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal’s jersey in first for franchise

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Summer McIntosh, top, competes against Katie Ledecky in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. Open championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak in the 800-meter freestyle has ended. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh finished almost six seconds ahead of Ledecky at a meet in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2024. (Woody Marshall/News & Record via AP, File) **FILE**

McIntosh ends Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak in 800-meter freestyle

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Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, center, makes a moves to get past Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, left, and guard Trevelin Queen (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Towns, Timberwolves roll to 113-92 win over Magic

By Dick Scanlon - Associated Press

Bernhard Langer, left, and his son Jason, right, putt during the final round of the PNC Championship golf tournament Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Kevin Kolczynski)

Langer’s fifth PNC Championship title leaves Woods hopeful for next year

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero (5) drives past Cleveland Cavaliers forward Georges Niang (20) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Commitment to defense has young Magic off to impressive start

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma (33) draws a foul and makes the shot against Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero (5) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Magic beat Wizards for their eighth straight win

By Dick Scanlon - Associated Press

Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze, left, blocks a shot by Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Franz Wagner scores 21 as Magic beat Bulls 103-97 after blowing another 19-point lead

By Andrew Seligman - Associated Press

FILE - The Cinderella Castle is seen at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World's government earlier this year, morale and trust have deteriorated, the governing district has been politicized and cronyism permeates the organization, according to many employees who have departed in recent months. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Morale down, cronyism up after DeSantis takeover of Disney World government, ex-employees say

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero hangs from the rim after dunking against the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Paolo Banchero scores 30 points, Magic beat Jazz 115-113

By John Coon - Associated Press

Orlando Magic guard Gary Harris, left, defends as Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell dribbles during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

D’Angelo Russell comes up big with 12 points in 4th quarter of Lakers’ 106-103 win over Orlando

By Greg Beacham - Associated Press

Orlando Magic center Moritz Wagner (21) dunks against the Portland Trail Blazers during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

Franz Wagner scores 23, Magic win their 2nd straight to open season 102-97 over the Trail Blazers

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Orlando Magic's Joe Ingles (7) tries to get around Houston Rockets' Jalen Green (4) as Magic's Moritz Wagner, left, watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Cole Anthony scores 20 points to help Orlando Magic beat Houston Rockets 116-86 in opener

By Dick Scanlon - Associated Press

Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis (13) warms up before the Cheez-It Bowl NCAA college football game against Oklahoma, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Florida State opens their season at home against LSU on Sept. 3. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

No. 5 LSU and No. 8 Florida State return to Orlando with star QBs and playoff hopes

By Mark Long - Associated Press

The new self driving SWAN (Shuttling with Autonomous Navigation) shuttle bus is displayed Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. The SWAN shuttle seats up to eight passengers and will run along a one-mile route in downtown Orlando. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

Autonomous shuttle in Orlando rear-ends bus

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is seen at the Orlando Museum of Art, June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. On Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, the central Florida art museum which was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings filed suit against its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a plan to profit from the sale of the fake artwork. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Art museum sues former director over forged Basquiat paintings scheme

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Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage at the 20th Quadrennial Convention of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. The gathering at the Orange County Convention Center is hosting 3,000 delegates from 39 countries. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

It’s Kamala Harris vs. Ron DeSantis in the fight over Florida’s new teachings on slavery

By Seung Min Kim, Will Weissert and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

The Cinderella Castle is seen at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Friday, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Disney is asking a Florida judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees to Disney World's governing district.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

Group: DeSantis win in Disney lawsuit could embolden actions against journalists

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 photo, older and newer generations of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity pose for a photograph during the Hall-Archer-Pickard Naming Celebration at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich. The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration's “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans. (Kaytie Boomer/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)

Historically Black fraternity drops Florida for convention because of DeSantis policies

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press

AFC defensive end Calais Campbell, of the Jacksonville Jaguars, (93) and quarterback Lamar Jackson, of the Baltimore Ravens, celebrate at the end of the NFL Pro Bowl football game against the NFC, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. The AFC defeated the NFC 38-33.(AP Photo/John Raoux)

The new-look NFL Pro Bowl is returning to Orlando, Florida, in February

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Drag queen Angelica Sanchez performs in front of hundreds of people, including immigrants-rights and abortion-rights groups and members of the LGBTQ+ community from across the state, as they take part in a rally and march, May 1, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. Librarians in Florida who feared fines for hosting drag queen story hours and Pride parade organizers who worried about citations for including drag performers can breathe easier now. That is because a federal judge in Florida ruled on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, that his injunction blocking the state’s anti-drag law extends to all Florida venues. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Florida rulings ease concerns about drag performers at Pride parades, drag queen story hours

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press