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Pro Bowl Skills Showdown Returns to Orlando with New Unique Competitions
All-Stars to compete in the new 40 Yard Splash, enhanced Gridiron Gauntlet and more NFL Legends Captains to lead Pro Bowlers from each conference Event airs Thursday, January 24 at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN & Disney XD For the third consecutive year, Pro Bowlers from the AFC and NFC will compete against each other […]
Disney Sports, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, NFL Pro Bowl, NFL Pro Bowl, NFL Pro Bowl, Professional Sports, Sports Celebrity Visits, Walt Disney World Resort
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Olympic Gold Medalist Laurie Hernandez Visits ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex during Cheerleading Championship
Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez visited Walt Disney World Resort on Sunday, May 14 and spent some time with Minnie Mouse during the D2 Summit Cheerleading Championship at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. While at Disney, the Olympic gymnast hosted the Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa […]
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Milestone Magic! Super Bowl Hero James White Marks a 30-Year Tradition in Gala “Going to Disney World” Parade Monday at the Magic Kingdom
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2017) – It was 1987 when the winning quarterback in Super Bowl XXI began a tradition of going to Walt Disney World Resort to celebrate. That would carve out a place synonymous with glory and achievement in sports and other human endeavor. Thirty years later, that same honor fell […]
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Orlando Magic Star Aaron Gordon Joins Local Kids During Disney Youth Education Series Program at Walt Disney World Resort
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (July 12, 2019) – Orlando Magic star Aaron Gordon and 30 local under-served youngsters from his CodeOrlando summer academy took part in an innovative and magical Disney Youth Education Series program at Walt Disney World Resort. The program, entitled “Energy and Waves Physics Lab,’’ teaches kids the “science behind the magic’’ […]
Magic Kingdom Park, Professional Sports, Sports Celebrity Visits, Walt Disney World Resort
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Pro Bowl Skills Showdown Returns to Orlando with New Unique Competitions
All-Stars to compete in the new 40 Yard Splash, enhanced Gridiron Gauntlet and more NFL Legends Captains to lead Pro Bowlers from each conference Event airs Thursday, January 24 at 9:00 PM ET on ESPN & Disney XD For the third consecutive year, Pro Bowlers from the AFC and NFC will compete against each other […]
Disney Sports, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, NFL Pro Bowl, NFL Pro Bowl, NFL Pro Bowl, Professional Sports, Sports Celebrity Visits, Walt Disney World Resort
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Olympic Gold Medalist Laurie Hernandez Visits ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex during Cheerleading Championship
Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez visited Walt Disney World Resort on Sunday, May 14 and spent some time with Minnie Mouse during the D2 Summit Cheerleading Championship at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. While at Disney, the Olympic gymnast hosted the Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa […]
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Milestone Magic! Super Bowl Hero James White Marks a 30-Year Tradition in Gala “Going to Disney World” Parade Monday at the Magic Kingdom
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2017) – It was 1987 when the winning quarterback in Super Bowl XXI began a tradition of going to Walt Disney World Resort to celebrate. That would carve out a place synonymous with glory and achievement in sports and other human endeavor. Thirty years later, that same honor fell […]
Magic Kingdom Park, Professional Sports, Sports Celebrity Visits, Walt Disney World Resort
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Tennis Superstar Serena Williams Takes A Break From Training To “Play’’ At Walt Disney World
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL. (October 17, 2016) – Tennis superstar Serena Williams took a break from her tennis training and put on her sparkly Minnie Mouse ears while having a little fun this past weekend at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Williams, arguably the greatest female athlete of all-time and the holder of a […]
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NBA Star Nicolas Batum Visits Disneyland Paris
(July 11, 2015) NBA star and Charlotte Hornets forward Nicolas Batum poses July 11 with Goofy while vacationing at Disneyland Paris with his family. Batum, who was acquired by the Hornets last month, also plays for the national French team Batum, who was acquired by the Hornets last month, also plays for the national French […]
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Prince Harry Announces 2016 Invictus Games Coming to United States
Wounded Warriors From up to 14 Nations to Compete in Orlando WASHINGTON, DC (July 14, 2015) – Prince Harry announced from London via video this morning that the second Invictus Games will be held May 8-12, 2016, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. […]
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Little League World Series Star Mo’ne Davis Visits Walt Disney World Resort
Little League Baseball sensation honored as official Grand Marshal of Magic Kingdom parade before teaching little girls to “Throw Like Mo” LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (April 6, 2015) – Little League World Series superstar Mo’ne Davis was honored Monday as the Grand Marshal of the Magic Kingdom’s Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade at Walt Disney World […]
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Roddick powers Team Elton to 24-18 win over Team Billie Jean at Mylan WTT Smash Hits at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Event raises more than $700,000 for AIDS charities ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 17, 2013) – Mylan WTT Smash Hits presented by GEICO returned to the Orlando area for the first time since 1997 on Sunday evening, raising more than $700,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and local charities. Team Elton defeated Team Billie Jean […]
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Sir Elton John and Andy Roddick to take on Venus Williams and Marion Bartoli in a Battle of the Sexes set for charity at Mylan WTT Smash Hits
New York, N.Y. (October 29, 2013) —- Billie Jean King made history 40 years ago when she beat Bobby Riggs in the famous Battle of the Sexes match. There may not be as much at stake this time around but next month King’s longtime friend and Mylan WTT Smash Hits co-host Sir Elton John and […]