Her love for Florida extended to the state's sports teams, especially the Florida Gators and the Orlando Magic.
"I would say I play about three or four hours every night, " says Orlando Magic Center Dwight Howard.
The NBA Mexico Game presented by BBVA Bancomer features the Orlando Magic and the New Orleans Hornets in Mexico City.
Shaquille O'Neal had just wrapped up a practice with the Orlando Magic when a mother in tears came up to him.
By now you surely have been sucked into this other drama, the one involving Brooklyn and the Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard.
The Nets toyed with the Orlando Magic like that, rolling to a 97-77 victory that put an abrupt end to their two-game losing streak.
With one-quarter of the Orlando Magic's season gone, McGrady looks as if he may be able to raise those averages for a sixth successive season.
The games with the Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors (twice) were games against teams that are currently under .500 and unlikely to reach the postseason.
They will be challenged again Wednesday, when they host the Orlando Magic and Jameer Nelson, who scored 29 on the Knicks earlier in the month.
The product has been pitched by both Dwight Howard, the Orlando Magic's 6-foot-11, 265-pound center and Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose, who is 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds.
He went on to spend four years playing in the NBA, the top basketball league in the world, with Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets.
Fans of the Orlando Magic, Miami Marlins and other Florida teams are spending money on sports they might otherwise spend on other forms of local entertainment.
The truth is, the Nets' failure to acquire Howard from the Orlando Magic at last year's trade deadline and again in the off-season should elicit more relief than regret.
He told the team of Penny's NBA career with the Orlando Magic and Phoenix Suns, of the millions he made on the court and from his own Nike shoe line.
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And the Orlando Magic, already offering the seventh-lowest ticket prices in the league, are trying to appeal to fans appetites (and wallets) by serving up an all-you-can-eat meal plan for ticket holders.
"I actually feel sorry for people who have nothing to do on Christmas Day other than watch an NBA game, " Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy grinched a couple of years ago.
And when the Orlando Magic suffer, America yawns.
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Today, Dwight is asking the Orlando Magic leadership to trade him to the New Jersey Nets in a package that will include a couple first round draft picks and possibly one or two current players.
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Often, the initial weight loss will seem the easiest, and then the loss slows somewhat over time, said Tara Gidus, dietician for the Orlando Magic NBA team and owner of Tara Gidus Nutrition Consulting in Orlando, Florida.
As a member of the Orlando Magic, Howard grew increasingly frustrated with what he perceived to be an average supporting cast in a league that requires teams to have multiple stars to succeed, despite an NBA Finals appearance in 2009.
The odds of having to duck away from a bolt of lightning in the land of Disney's Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Fla.
The odds of Dwight Howard remaining in Orlando as a member of the Magic are similar to my odds of growing a crop of hair on par with Redfoo of LMFAO.
As he watches Orlando superstar Dwight Howard ultimately lead the Magic to a comeback win by torching the Warriors for 45 points and 23 rebounds tying an NBA record of 39 free throw attempts in the process Lacob could only dream of luring the dominant big man to the Bay Area.
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On Tuesday, the superstar center returns to Orlando where, after being drafted by the Magic, he made six All-Star teams.
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From Orlando to Dwight: Thanks for putting some magic into the Magic.
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According to recent reports in Hong Kong newspapers, the SAR's Disney park is likely to be in two parts: a high-tech park similar to one at Orlando, Florida, and next to it, a Magic Kingdom, the traditional style of Disney theme park.
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The Nets completed their first four-game sweep of the Magic since 2003-04, the season before Orlando drafted Dwight Howard.
This provokes Orlando's jealousy, but before he can lose his cool, Alcina calms him down with her magic.
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