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College Football Icons among Presenters for The Home Depot College Football Awards
Airing Thursday, Dec. 8, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN Presenters for this year’s The Home Depot College Football Awards – live on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN – include five College Football Hall of Fame inductees and three former The Home Depot College Football Award winners. The show features the […]
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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 […]
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University of Alabama Football Team to Receive Disney Spirit Award for Inspiring Efforts to Aid Tornado Victims
Junior long snapper Carson Tinker and Crimson Tide teammates recognized for contributions to Tuscaloosa, Ala. community in wake of devastating tornado last April; UA is fourth team to receive the honor in the award’s history LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 21, 2011) — The University of Alabama football team will receive the 2011 Disney Spirit Award, […]
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MLS Cup Runner Up Houston Dynamo to Lead Strong Disney Pro Soccer Classic Field
Houston, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Montreal Impact, FC Dallas and Sweden’s B.K. Hacken join field that also includes Sporting KC and Orlando City Soccer; Event to feature newest MLS franchise Montreal Impact; Sporting KC and Houston Dynamo to clash in MLS East title game rematch LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 21, 2011) — The […]
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World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, Yankees, Mets and Phillies Coming to Disney for Braves Spring Training
Cards, Yankees, Mets and Phillies part of marquee Braves schedule that features 18 home games at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, including three under the lights; Disney post-game tradition of kids running the bases continues LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2011) – Some of Major League Baseball’s marquee teams, including the reigning […]
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Cigna Goes the Distance for Wounded Veterans
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (Nov. 09, 2011) — Cigna announced the company will honor the men and women who served and defended our nation with a Go the Distance for Veterans program launching Friday. This unusual running-giving program integrates Cigna’s employee giving campaign and Cigna Foundation grants with Cigna’s fourth annual sponsorship of the 2012 Walt Disney World […]
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MLS Top East Seed Sporting KC and USL Champion Orlando City Headline Disney Pro Soccer Classic
Field for third annual event to expand to eight teams; additional teams to be announced soon LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 1, 2011) – MLS East top seed Sporting Kansas City and Orlando City Soccer are among the first teams to enter the 2012 Disney Pro Soccer Classic at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex […]
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2011 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic in a Nutshell (or birdshell): Just Ducky
Luke Donald hatches late birdie binge to win Classic, claim PGA TOUR Money Title LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Oct. 26, 2011) — The usual drama at the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic involves who will win the final event of the PGA TOUR season and who will keep their “card” with a finish among the top 125 in […]
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Golf Classic, Professional Sports
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World’s Top Two Golfers, Donald and Simpson, to Battle for PGA TOUR Money Title at 41st Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at Disney
128-player field to also feature Justin Rose, Retief Goosen, Charles Howell III, Jonathan Byrd and Gary Woodland, along with returning champion Robert Garrigus LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Oct. 14, 2011) — One pro golfer’s dream of being the top player in the world will come true at the 41st Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at […]
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Golf Classic, Professional Sports
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Former Bay Hill Winner to Join Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic Field at Disney
Pampling Receives Third Sponsor Exemption for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Oct. 11, 2011) — Former Bay Hill Invitational winner Rod Pampling has entered the Children’s Miracle Hospitals Classic, Oct. 20-23, at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. Pampling, an Australian who is making his fourth appearance at Disney, accepted […]
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Golf Classic, Professional Sports