Pat Williams, Orlando Magic co-founder and longtime NBA executive, dead at 84
for a long time NBA Executive Orlando Magic co-founder Pat Williams died Wednesday from complications from viral pneumonia, the team announced this week. He was 84 years old. The team released a statement announcing Williams’ death, adding that he “passed away peacefully surrounded by his family.” Orlando Magic player Pat Williams waits for the 2016 […]
Pat Williams, Orlando Magic co-founder, dead at 84
Pat Williams, co-founder of the Orlando Magic and a veteran of the NBA for more than half a century, died Wednesday from complications related to viral pneumonia, the team announced. Williams was 84 years old. He began his NBA career in 1968 as business manager for the Philadelphia 76ers and later served as general manager […]
Baseball Hall Of Famer Orlando Cepeda Dies At 86
Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda passed away Friday at the age of 86, the Associated Press (AP) reported, family confirmed. The passing of the celebrated Hall of Fame first baseman known as “Baby Bull” was marked by a poignant moment of silence at Oracle Park during a Friday game between the San Francisco Giants […]
Orlando Cepeda, Giants legend and Hall of Famer, dead at 86
San Francisco Giants legend Baseball Hall of Fame Orlando Cepeda “passed away peacefully” on Friday night, his family confirmed in a statement to the team. He was 86 years old. “Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully this evening at home, surrounded by his loved ones and listening to his favorite music,” his wife, Nidia, said […]
Orlando Cepeda, Baseball Hall of Famer and San Francisco Giants legend, dead at 86
San Francisco Giants player and Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda has died at the age of 86, his family announced in a statement through the team on Friday night. The cause of death has not been announced. Cepeda’s death came just 11 days after his teammate Willie Mays passed away at the age of […]
Orlando by Virginia Woolf audiobook review – a superb reading by Juliet Stevenson | Books
vinegarSpanning 350 years, Orlando is a time-travel adventure that tells the story of a seemingly immortal aristocrat and aspiring writer who catches the eye of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. Upon his arrival at court, he becomes Elizabeth’s lover, who is upset when she sees him kissing a younger woman, but grants him […]
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández sentenced to 45 years in prison
Juan Orlando Hernández, a rebellious former Honduran president, was sentenced Wednesday in New York to 45 years in prison for conspiring with bribing drug traffickers over a decade to smuggle more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States. Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced Hernandez to 45 years in a U.S. prison and a […]
Disney to invest up to $17B in Orlando, Florida, parks
Months after Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended a bitter legal battle, the two sides are poised to agree to a $17 billion deal that would pave the way for the construction of a fifth mega-theme park at Walt Disney World. The five Disney World district supervisors, appointed by Gov. DeSantis, voted Wednesday to […]
Klay Thompson, Orlando Magic Have ‘Mutual Interest’ In Joining Forces This Offseason: REPORT
Is Klay Thompson headed to the Sunshine State?! If Klay Thompson doesn’t stay with the Golden State Warriors this offseason, there’s reportedly another franchise who wants to scoop him up as an unrestricted free agent. And not just that, but there’s “mutual interest” between the two sides. (RELATED: Gilbert Arenas Spends A Stupid $120,000 Per […]
Life-size Stations of the Cross to be built right outside Disney World in Orlando ‘to convert and inspire Christianity’
Orlando’s increasingly woke Walt Disney World is home to various monuments depicting fictional characters invented by men. Outside the walls of corporate imagination, artists seek to erect monuments depicting historical figures that billions of Christians understand to have not only conceived but saved humans from sin and death. There is. Catholic artist Timothy P. Schmalz […]