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Ho hum, Orlando City fires another coach | Commentary

Once upon time, there was public debate and discussion whenever Orlando City predictably and prematurely fired its coach, but when James O'Connor got his pink slip on Monday, there seemed to be a collective civic yawn throughout Central Florida.

Luiz Muzzi: Orlando City fired coach James O'Connor because he failed to reach playoffs

Orlando City SC fired coach James O'Connor, the club announced Monday.

Orlando City looks for offensive-minded coach to replace James O'Connor

Orlando City executive vice president Luiz Muzzi is focused on the future, searching for the ideal new head coach to finally lead the club to the playoffs after he fired James O'Connor on Monday.

Aaron Gordon leads Magic to preseason win over Pistons

The Orlando Magic slugged their way to a 115-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night at Little Caesars Arena as they improved to 2-0 in preseason play.

UF QB Kyle Trask 'good to go' for No. 7 Gators' visit to No. 5 LSU

Florida Gators quarterback Kyle Trask is 'good to go' for No. 7 Gators visit to No. 5 LSU after the redshirt junior sustained an MCL sprain in his left knee this past Saturday against Auburn.

UF's Dan Mullen: Wrong to call Auburn hit on Gators QB Kyle Trask 'dirty'

UF coach Dan Mullen said he made the wrong choice of words when he called Auburn's hit on Gators' quarterback Kyle Trask dirty.

UF receiver Freddie Swain delivers big plays during Gators' big win over Auburn

UF receiver Freddie Swain put on a show during the Gators' win over Auburn Saturday in the Swamp.

FSU ready to see what it's made of against defending national champion Clemson

Florida State is preparing for its toughest test of the season Saturday as the Seminoles (3-2, 2-1 ACC) hit the road to take on defending national champion Clemson (5-0, 3-0).

What does Manny Diaz now do at quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes?

Miami Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz will face quarterback questions on a short week after N'Kosi Perry threw for 422 yards and four touchdowns after relieving starter Jarren Williams, who threw three interceptions on UM's first three drives.

AAC's Mike Aresco: College athlete compensation should be handled at national level, not by states

Mike Aresco is not happy about California's Fair Pay for Play Act, with the American Athletic Conference commissioner saying he is concerned the new law and others like it would create more problems for amateur athletics.

Host Rays pummel Astros 10-3 in Game 3, trail ALDS 2-1

Kevin Kiermaier hit a go-ahead three-run homer as Tampa Bay teed off on Zack Greinke and the Rays backed another clutch playoff pitching performance by Charlie Morton to beat the Houston Astros 10-3 on Monday and cut their AL Division Series deficit to 2-1.

Torres does it all as Yankees sweep past Twins into ALCS

Gleyber Torres got New York going with a second-inning home run, scored on each of his two doubles and made a pair of sparkling defensive plays, fueling the Yankees to a 5-1 victory over Minnesota on Monday night in Game 3 to finish yet another sweep of the Twins and advance to the American League Championship Series.

Yadier Molina's walk-off sac fly in 10th lifts Cardinals over Braves, 5-4, forcing deciding Game 5 in NLDS

Molina pushed the Cardinals to a deciding Game 5 of the NLDS, poking a tying single in the eighth inning and then lifting a sacrifice fly in the 10th to beat the Braves, 5-4.

Max Scherzer's gem lifts the Nationals past the Dodgers 6-1, setting the stage for an NLDS Game 5

Max Scherzer's seven-inning masterpiece helped lift the Nationals to a 6-1 victory over the Dodgers on Monday night, forcing a deciding Game 5 in their NL Division Series.

Orlando bids to host NFL Pro Bowl again in 2021

Orlando, which has hosted the NFL Pro Bowl game since 2017, is hoping to keep the pro football all-star game in the City Beautiful through 2021.

Buccaneers' leaky secondary hurts in latest loss

Coach Bruce Arians remains confident that rookies Mike Edwards, Sean Murphy-Bunting and Jamel Dean, whose development has been slowed by injury, can help with the Buccaneers' pass defense as the season progresses.

Jaguars' vaunted defense displaying vulnerabilities

The Jacksonville Jaguars' vaunted defense has not been living up to its reputation enough this season.

Seminole replaces Edgewater atop Sentinel Super 16 high school football rankings

Osceola moved up two spots after beating St Cloud and Dr. Phillips moved up two spots after winning at Wekiva in Super 16 matchups. Wekiva and Apopka each fell two spots in this week's rankings.

Orlando Pride goalkeeper Lainey Burdett finds confidence during first NWSL start

Orlando Pride goalkeeper Lainey Burdett's first professional save was fit for a highlight reel — a fully stretched leap to bat away a long-range strike in transition with one hand.

Orlando area high school scores, top performers for Oct. 7

St. Cloud girls golf wins third straight Orange Belt Conference tournament at Royal St. Cloud Golf Course, while Bishop Moore and Circle Christian sweep boys and girls bowling matches

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