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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

SPORTS FINAL: Late stories and scores from Orlando Sentinel

Magic beat John Wall's Wizards 124-116, end successful road trip

WASHINGTON — The Orlando Magic look nothing like the inept, divided team that left Central Florida on Nov. 28 for a make-or-break road trip.

Whitley: Players became real heroes after Pearl Harbor

An odd announcement interrupted the NFL game at the Polo Grounds 75 years ago today. Servicemen were told to report to their units.

No. 5 Duke beats No. 21 Florida 84-74 in Jimmy V Classic

Amile Jefferson had career highs of 24 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 5 Duke to an 84-74 victory over No. 21 Florida on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Freshman QB might be the answer for Jim McElwain's Gators

Jim McElwain needs a quarterback.

UF CB Jalen Tabor Gators' sole first-team All-SEC selection

UF cornerback Jalen Tabor earned first-team All-SEC honors for the second straight season.

Top sports star of 2016 were Chicago Cubs, not LeBron James

Gators, McElwain absolutely should NOT start freshman quarterback in bowl game

Should the Florida Gators burn a redshirt and start one of their true freshmen quarterbacks in a bowl game and where does FSU's Orange Bowl matchup with Michigan rank in the hierarchy of quality bowl games? These are two questions that will be answered in this three-item edition of the Bianchi Blast:

Magic start dreaded 4-in-5 stretch

WASHINGTON — The Orlando Magic's 124-116 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night seemed like an ending — an ending to a successful five-game road trip.

Orlando City B signs four new players

Orlando City B added four more players to its United Soccer League roster Tuesday, all 24 years old or younger.

Hot start propels Solar Bears past Swamp Rabbits

Barely six minutes into their game Tuesday night, the Orlando Solar Bears held a three-goal lead.

Longtime Solar Bears player signs with AHL team

Defenseman Eric Baier, who has played primarily with the Orlando Solar Bears for the past three-plus seasons, is headed to the American Hockey League.

White Sox embark on 'bittersweet' journey with Chris Sale trade

Rick Hahn took the main media stage at baseball's winter meetings Tuesday and called the strategy that brought about the biggest trade of his career as White Sox general manager "bittersweet."

Former Bear Rashaan Salaam found dead at age 42

The news of Rashaan Salaam's death hit those who knew him during his time with the Bears with full force Tuesday afternoon. Ron Turner, Salaam's offensive coordinator for two seasons, couldn't wrap his brain around the reality, recalling the natural ebullience Salaam always seemed to carry himself with.

Joe McKnight shooting: Man arrested in ex-NFL player's death; sheriff defends probe

The Louisiana man who fatally shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute was jailed on a manslaughter charge as a sheriff angrily defended the investigation Tuesday, saying authorities "strategically" waited for days to make the arrest because they needed to find independent witnesses.

Ranking all 40 college football bowl games for 2016-17

It's bowl season again, with 40 games wedged into 17 days before college football crowns its national champion a week after that.

If the argument is reaching a bowl is less of an accomplishment than ever, that is accurate. Of the 128 FBS teams, 80 will participate in the postseason. That 62.5 percent rate dwarfs the 19.4 percent of Division I men's college basketball teams invited to the NCAA tournament. Three more teams with losing records (Hawaii, Mississippi State and North Texas) are playing on this year.

-- Patrick Stevens, Special to The Washington Post