Releases in ‘Professional Sports’
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MLS Eastern Conference Top Seed Sporting Kansas City and D.C. United Headline Disney Pro Soccer Classic
Field for fourth annual pre-season soccer tournament features eight pro soccer teams; Pro Soccer Classic among events announced for new Soccer Spring Training initiative LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Oct. 4, 2012) – Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Eastern Conference top seed Sporting Kansas City and four-time MLS Cup champions D.C. United are among the first of […]
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World Champion April Holmes Going for Gold at London 2012 Paralympics
“World’s Fastest Amputee” competing in 100 and 200 meter sprints; Won gold medal in 100 meters at 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2012) – Paralympic Champion April Holmes is going for gold at the 2012 Paralympic Games, held in London through Sept. 9. Holmes, who trains at the ESPN Wide […]
Brooks Johnson, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Professional Sports
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Offseason Brings New Business and Philanthropy Opportunities for Steelers Players
Pittsburgh Steelers players Ike Taylor and Myron Rolle spent their offseason pursuing interests outside of football. Taylor focused on developing two new businesses, while Rolle spent his offseason marching in a women’s rights rally in New York and meeting President Obama. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (July 26, 2012) – As the Pittsburgh Steelers take part […]
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ESPN Wide World of Sports Home to Olympic Hopefuls
Leading up to London 2012, a number of the world’s top athletes called ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex their training home. Brooks Johnson, the 2010 USATF Coach of the Year, trained a team of five Olympic-caliber athletes, including 2008 Olympic medalists David Oliver and David Payne, and top US women athletes Tiffany Ross Williams, Connie […]
Brooks Johnson, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Professional Sports
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Spring Training at Disney Wraps Up for Atlanta Braves
The 2012 Atlanta Braves spring training season at Disney wrapped up its 15th edition on April 2. The noon Mets game concluded a month-long slate of 17 home games (and one rainout) at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The Braves faced the Mets three times, along with visits from the Yankees, world-champion Cardinals and Detroit […]
Atlanta Braves Spring Training, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Professional Sports
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Atlanta Braves Continue Spring Training Home Schedule at Disney
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (March 2, 2012) — After two weeks of training at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the Atlanta Braves kicked off their spring training schedule March 3 against the Detroit Tigers, who return to Disney for a second matchup on March 31. The reigning World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals and New York […]
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Vancouver Wins 2012 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic Champion
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (March 3, 2012) — Undefeated Vancouver Whitecaps FC finished the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic not only as the 2012 champion, but blemish-free. The Whitecaps’ opposition – Montreal Impact, Houston Dynamo, Sporting KC and Toronto FC – was unable to score a single goal on the club over the week-long tournament at ESPN […]
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Hero’s Welcome Monday Greets New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning, MVP of Super Bowl XLVI, at Walt Disney World Resort
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2012) – After leading his team to a game-winning drive and the Super Bowl championship Sunday night, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning led another drive Monday: down Main Street, U.S.A. to cheering fans at Walt Disney World Resort. “I’m going to Disney World!” proclaimed Manning Sunday shortly after […]
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Giants Quarterback Eli Manning ‘Going to Disney World’ to Celebrate Super Bowl XLVI Victory
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Feb. 5, 2012) – After his epic play in Super Bowl XLVI leading his team to a come-from-behind 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots, what is New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning going to do next? In the celebratory moments after his team captured the National Football League championship Sunday night in […]
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America’s Youth Athletes Gaining Larger Competition Stage Through ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Expansion
Leading amateur and pro sports venue at Walt Disney World Resort adding new fields and additional lights, digital video boards and audio systems; Changes offer more time and space for competition LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2011) — More than 300,000 youth athletes nationwide will now be able to compete and train on the […]