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Mitch Perry Report for 2.25.16 – Greatness comes to O-Town

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Well, Carlos Beruff is now officially about to get into the GOP Senate race. Our interview this week with current leader David Jolly  has his take. Can we talk about greatness? In Orlando, the Golden State Warriors come to town at 7 p.m. to play the Magic at Amway Center. You may have heard about the Warriors in the past year. With their victory in Miami Wednesday night in a gritty, 6-point victory over the Heat, the defending champions are now…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.19.16 – Sorry, LeBron. Actually not sorry

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I know soccer aficionados (somewhat pretentiously) like to call their favorite sport “The Beautiful Game.” As much as I respect that it’s the world’s favorite sport, it ain’t America’s. That would be football. Personally, I would advocate that basketball is actually the most beautiful sport when it’s executed the way the San Antonio Spurs did two years ago in defeating LeBron James and the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, and what the Golden State Warriors did last year. The Warriors were…

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Heat uses big 4th quarter to overtake Magic

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The Miami Heat put up a big fourth quarter to come from behind and earn a 108-101 victory over the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center on Saturday. The Magic led by 12 at halftime and by 7 entering the final period. Looking at the stat sheet, it is hard to imagine how the Magic lost the game. They shot 54 percent from the field, including 47 percent from behind the 3-point arc. They had 31 assists, seven steals and…

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Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh provides Christmas for children in need

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Miami Heat star Chris Bosh is making sure some children have a happy holiday season. The Miami Herald reports Bosh spent Saturday afternoon with about 200 children as part of his annual Christmas with Chris Bosh event. The youngsters played games, received Christmas presents and met the Miami Heat forward. Each child also received a signed basketball from Bosh. Republished with permission of the Associated Press.

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Magic top Celtics to climb above .500

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The Orlando Magic defeated the Boston Celtics, 110-91 on Sunday at the Amway Arena. With the victory, the Magic moved to within two games of the Southeast Division-leading Miami Heat. Orlando was led in scoring by Victor Oladipo, who contributed 19 points, 6 assists and 8 rebounds off the bench. Two recorded double-doubles. Nikola Vucevic had 18 points and 10 rebounds while Tobias Harris had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Isiah Thomas led Boston with 20 points and 7 assists.…

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Guns on campus among 4 gun bills set for full chamber votes

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A contentious proposal to let concealed weapons permit holders bring guns on state university and college campuses was among four firearm bills that made their final committee stops Thursday and will now be before their respective legislative chambers. Two other bills will ban backyard gun ranges in densely populated areas and another will remove aggravated assault from the list of gun-related crimes subject to mandatory minimum sentences under the state’s 10-20-Life law. Easily the most fought over proposal is the…

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Dwayne Wade chooses to stay with Heat

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After 12 years with the Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade needed a reminder of how much the franchise valued him. Once he found out, any chance of him leaving vanished. Wade accepted a $20 million, one-year deal on Thursday to stay with the Heat next season, ending his latest foray into free agency and wrapping up a weeks-long saga that had him seriously wondering about leaving for the first time. A pair of conversations, first with Heat CEO Nick Arison and…

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