Dec 02, 2006
Eric Walker of Lakeland, Fla. won the 2006 OUC Half Marathon, which wound through the streets of Orlando’s scenic downtown area, starting and finishing at Lake Eola Park. Jamison Fisher of Winter Park, Fla. won the Women’s Open division of the race, while Jason Spence of _ and Katy Radkewich of Orlando won their respective gender divisions in the 2006 OUC 5K. Just over 2,500 racers completed one of the two races, held on Saturday, Dec. 2. Walker, a 21-year-old, bested […]
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Nov 22, 2006
Already with two of the best bowl games in the nation, Florida Citrus Sports has plans to make the last week of December even better with the addition of Bowl-a-Palooza, a week-long extravaganza of events designed for football fans, residents, and Central Florida visitors of all ages. In its inaugural campaign, Bowl-a-Palooza will bring together the worlds of sports, art, and cultural entertainment. Starting December 26th and spanning through the December 29th Champs Sports Bowl and Capital One Bowl on […]
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Nov 21, 2006
The Purdue Boilermakers have been selected as the Big Ten Conference�s representative in the 2006 Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, bowl officials announced today. The game will kickoff at 8:00 p.m. EST on Friday, Dec. 29 and will be televised nationally by ESPN. �Purdue has been here and represented itself well in the past,� Selection Committee Chairman George Nahas said. �Its game here in 2004 against Georgia was an exciting overtime game and their fans were great. We have always […]
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Nov 21, 2006
The University of Wisconsin Badgers have been selected to represent the Big Ten in the 2007 Capital One Bowl in Orlando, bowl officials announced Monday. The game will kickoff at 1:00 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 1 and will be televised nationally by ABC. �We are thrilled to have Wisconsin return to the Capital One Bowl,� Selection Committee Chairman George Nahas said. �The Badgers took a win in our game last season and just kept rolling, finishing with an outstanding […]
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Oct 27, 2006
FCSports’ annual wine tasting event, now in its second year as the Sip ‘N’ Stroll Around The Bowl, took place on Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Club Suites at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. The even helped select the wines and champagne served during future FCSports events in the 2006-07 season, and also featured a charity wine raffle. A crowd of 250 members and their guests gathered in the Club Suites to enjoy an evening of food and drink, thanks […]
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Sep 29, 2006
The 2006 Feast on the 50 celebration was a rousing success. Held on the field of the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium, the giant tailgate party played host to hundreds of FCSports members and guests. The event, featuring food from Arthur’s, Catering, Puff n’ Stuff, Port-A-Pit Bar-BQ and Cuisiners Catering, as well as drinks from Coca-Cola, ABC Fine Wine and Spirits and Budweiser, also included the Bud Zone locker room bar, a video gaming area, a kid’s zone and numerous TVs […]
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Sep 24, 2006
Champs Sports and Florida Citrus Sports announced a two-year extension of the title sponsorship for America�s fastest-growing bowl game, the Champs Sports Bowl. The extension will continue the partnership through 2009. The 2006 Champs Sports Bowl will be played in primetime this December. The game, first of two bowls hosted in Orlando only 65 hours apart, will kick off at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 29, airing nationwide on ESPN. The bowl has made great strides since moving to Orlando […]
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Aug 30, 2006
Three of the biggest names in college football visited Orlando on Tuesday, Aug. 29 for the FCSports Speaker Series. ACC Commissioner John Swofford, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and SEC Commissioner Mike Slive participated in the biggest event in Speaker Series history, appearing together at the Embassy Suites Hotel Downtown Orlando for a discussion on Orlando, the bowl system and all of college athletics. The discussion, moderated by Sun Sports/FSN Florida’s Paul Kennedy, began with a discussion on Orlando’s future […]
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Aug 24, 2006
FCSports announced today the appointment of Steve Hogan as the new Executive Director of the not-for-profit organization that produces more than 70 annual events including three premier college football games, the Florida Classic, the Capital One Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl. Hogan has been a member of the staff at FCSports since 1995, when he joined the organization as an events manager. He quickly advanced and took on business development responsibilities within the company. During his first five years […]
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Aug 09, 2006
CompassLearning, Inc has donated web-based learning services worth nearly $30,000 worth to the Warren Sapp Computer Lab at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. These services will benefit the numerous educational programs for children and young adults supported annually by the FCSports Foundation. The Odyssey software program, which provides instruction for the full spectrum of elementary school subjects, was donated by CompassLearning through the efforts of Nancy Smith, a former special education teacher in the Central Florida area who now serves […]
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