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SportsORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando City fans now know when the Lions will be home for a compressed spring. The club on Thursday released its slate for the 2027 MLS Sprint Season, a 14-match bridge campaign that runs from late February into early May while the…
SportsCHICAGO — Orlando City SC built a two-goal lead in the first half Wednesday night at Soldier Field, then watched Chicago Fire FC rally for a 2-2 draw. Even so, Orlando holds on to a place among the East's automatic playoff qualifiers heading into the…
SportsORLANDO, Fla. — The Big 12 Conference has fined the University of Central Florida $100,000 after fans directed discriminatory chants at Brigham Young University during Saturday's football game at UCF's home stadium in Orlando. The league announced the penalty Wednesday after finishing its review. Conference…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Coach Mike White enters…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
Business
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Three more Walt Disney World hotels in Lake Buena Vista are now part of a service that carries guests' checked bags from Orlando International Airport straight to their rooms, letting them skip the baggage carousel. Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and both halves of Port Orleans,…
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Climate First Bank is now serving customers from a 1920s house in downtown Orlando, and the St. Petersburg-based lender says a second new Central Florida branch is coming to Mount Dora next year. The downtown branch sits at 215 E. Livingston Street, inside the Lake Eola Historic…
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Alphabet shares were down about 11% before the opening bell Thursday after the Google parent fell short of Wall Street forecasts on both sales and profit for the first time in nearly four years and reported that its massive artificial intelligence buildout pushed free cash flow…
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WASHINGTON — Five days before Election Day, Alaska's tight U.S. Senate race is now the subject of both a state investigation and an expanded federal court fight over a little-known candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said Wednesday night…
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WASHINGTON — With the midterm elections days away, the president of Pew Research Center is cautioning Americans not to treat any one survey as a forecast, arguing that 2026 combines old polling problems with several new ones. Pew president Michael Dimock said in an analysis posted Thursday that surveys remain…
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