Bob O’Leary

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Yes, it really happened.
Much to the dismay of Cleveland fans, Nike, network officials, some of the refs, and many in the national media, the Orlando Magic knocked off LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-90 in Game 6. Now they face the LA Lakers in the NBA Finals.
Dwight was amazing. Rashard [...]

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The New York Times Magazine has a great cover story of Allonzo Trier, a 12-year-old basketball phenom who is already attracting a lot of attention and “handlers.” Everybody wants to help him.
Allonzo is quite a talent as the clip below shows. He works hard at the game, practicing by himself and with his AAU team [...]

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That’s what Bright House says – even though the cable network is only televising half the Orlando Magic games it can. The cable provider only carries Sunshine Network, the longtime Magic broadcaster and sister network of FSN.
The Magic sold the rights to carry most of its home games to FSN, which has the Magic games [...]

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Maybe this is not the worst sports column I have ever read. Heck, I even wrote some bad ones myself. But I was never this bad or ignorant.
So-called Orlando Sentinel columnist Andrea Adelson shows her complete lack of college football knowledge when she suggests that Michigan try to hire Florida coach Urban Meyer. First, it [...]

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South Florida 64, UCF 12
I’m hiding my diploma and changing my name. OK, I’ll ask George O’Leary to change his name instead – maybe change careers.
Actually, I do think George is a good coach. He just needs to recruit better locally.
The big difference between the two progams was speed, pure and simple. A perfect example [...]

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The Yankees’ season is officially over. Cleveland dispatched the Bronx Bombers 6-4 Monday night, ending all the drama that comes with being a team in New York.
I have very mixed feelings about the Yankees. I actually admire the professionalism of Joe Torre and the players, and how they conduct themselves in the fishbowl of [...]

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Florida is up 17-7 at halftime over LSU, yet loses 28-24. A few turnovers and some poor clock management does in the Gators.
UCF leads East Carolina 28-17 at the half and loses 52-38. ECU scores 28 points in the third quarter alone. You would think that with Kevin Smith and the size of UCF’s line, [...]

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