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The weekend: Saturday 80°F, mostly sunny (14% rain)
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Orlando is a sports town seven nights a week. The Magic at the Kia Center, City and the Pride at Inter&Co Stadium, the Knights in the Bounce House, the Solar Bears on the ice downtown, and on Friday nights half the region under high school lights. Orlando Citizen’s Sports section is our standing coverage of all of it: results the morning after, previews before first tip, kickoff and puck drop, standings and schedules kept honest, and features on the people who make this city’s teams worth following.
Every score, stat and schedule line in this section traces to a primary source — the league or the team itself — checked the day it publishes. Where a number moves fast, we tell you how it works instead of printing a figure that will be wrong by next week. If you spot something that has changed, that’s news — tell us.
Orlando Magic
The Magic are Orlando’s first team — downtown at the Kia Center since 1989, still chasing the city’s first NBA championship. Our Magic beat covers every game: recaps the morning after, previews, injury and transaction news, and the NBA Cup and playoff races as they tighten.
Latest verified — checked Sunday, November 15, 2026: Orlando beat Milwaukee 107–99 at the Kia Center on Friday night (Nov. 13) in NBA Cup East Group A play — Franz Wagner 35 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, a rebound shy of his first career triple-double after the league review reassigned one board to Goga Bitadze. The win was Orlando’s third straight, its first home win of the season, and moved the Magic to 5–7 overall and 2–0 in Cup group play.
Next up: Monday, Nov. 16 at the Boston Celtics (7:00 p.m. ET, TD Garden); Wednesday, Nov. 18 vs. the Philadelphia 76ers (7:00 p.m. ET, Kia Center); Friday, Nov. 20 at the Brooklyn Nets (7:30 p.m. ET, NBA Cup group play).
Latest on the Orlando Magic beat
Orlando City SC
The Lions, in the playoffs for the seventh straight season, carry the city’s MLS hopes at Inter&Co Stadium. Our City beat covers match recaps, the playoff run, roster moves and the academy pipeline.
Latest verified — checked Sunday, November 15, 2026: Orlando City (Eastern Conference No. 8 seed) closed the regular season with a 1–0 home win over the New England Revolution on Decision Day, Saturday, Nov. 7.
Next up — the playoffs: Eastern Conference Wild Card, Thursday, Nov. 19 vs. FC Cincinnati (7:30 p.m. ET, Inter&Co Stadium, Apple TV) — single elimination. The winner advances to a Round One best-of-three series against Supporters’ Shield winners Nashville SC (Game 1: Sunday, Nov. 22, 4:00 p.m. ET at GEODIS Park).
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Orlando Pride
The Pride — the 2024 NWSL Shield and Championship double winners — are in an offseason that will decide what the next era looks like. Our Pride beat covers the rebuild: roster decisions, Barbra Banda’s supporting cast, and every signing as the club reloads for 2027.
Latest verified — checked Sunday, November 15, 2026: Orlando’s 2026 season is complete. The Pride finished 11th in the NWSL (11 wins, 3 draws, 16 losses, 36 points) and missed the playoffs; the final match was a 1–0 loss at Seattle on Decision Day, Nov. 1. Barbra Banda scored 17 of the team’s 39 goals, second in the league’s Golden Boot race. NWSL Awards are announced Wednesday, Nov. 18 (6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
Coverage on this beat starts today — the first stories from our sports desk appear here as they publish.
UCF Knights
Charge On. UCF is the hometown university and the Bounce House is one of college football’s loudest rooms. Our Knights beat covers football, men’s and women’s basketball, and the Olympic sports — recaps, schedules and the Big 12 races.
Latest verified — checked Sunday, November 15, 2026: Football fell 26–13 to Arizona State at Acrisure Bounce House on Saturday, Nov. 14 — a bowl-eligibility duel the Sun Devils won after flying in the morning of the game through the FAA ground-stop disruption. UCF is 5–5 (3–4 Big 12) with two chances left to reach six wins: Iowa State at home, then a road trip to Colorado. Men’s basketball is 4–0 after Friday’s 84–70 home win over Georgia Southern, and hosts Mississippi State on Tuesday, Nov. 17 (7:00 p.m. ET, Addition Financial Arena).
Latest on the UCF Knights beat
- UCF Basketball Score: Johnson Scores 25 as Knights Beat Georgia Southern 84–70, Stay Perfect
- UCF Football Score: Knights Fall 26–13 to Arizona State as Bowl Hopes Narrow
Orlando Solar Bears
The Solar Bears are downtown’s other winter tenant — ECHL hockey at the Kia Center, affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning’s system, and the best family ticket in town. Our Bears beat covers results, the South Division race and roster churn from the AHL.
Latest verified — checked Sunday, November 15, 2026: Friday’s home game against the Savannah Ghost Pirates (Nov. 13) was postponed and has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Dec. 2 at the Kia Center. Orlando’s last game played was Tuesday, Nov. 10 at Greenville, a 4–3 shootout loss to the Swamp Rabbits.
Next up: Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the Florida Everblades (7:30 p.m. ET, Hertz Arena, Estero); Friday, Nov. 20 at the Jacksonville Icemen; Saturday, Nov. 21 vs. Jacksonville at the Kia Center (7:00 p.m. ET).
Coverage on this beat starts today — the first stories from our sports desk appear here as they publish.
High School Sports
Friday nights belong to the high schools. Our prep beat follows the FHSAA playoffs and the Orlando-area programs — Seminole, Lake Mary, Dr. Phillips, Osceola, Lake Nona, Winter Park and the rest — through every round.
Latest verified — checked Sunday, November 15, 2026: The FHSAA state playoffs opened with a weekend of upsets for Orlando-area teams: Dr. Phillips rallied past West Orange 20–19, Lake Mary edged Creekside 28–25, Osceola beat Melbourne 20–13, Lake Nona won the first playoff game in school history 42–21 over East Ridge, top-seeded Seminole held off Lake Brantley 50–36, and Mainland edged Winter Park 31–28 on a buzzer-beating field goal. The playoffs continue next week.
Coverage on this beat starts today — the first stories from our sports desk appear here as they publish.
College Sports
Beyond UCF: Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida A&M’s regional footprint, Stetson, Bethune-Cookman and the rest of Central Florida’s college scene. Our college beat covers the local programs the national wires skip.
Coverage on this beat starts today — the first stories from our sports desk appear here as they publish.
Orlando Citizen Sports is reported from primary league and team sources — NBA.com and the Magic, MLS and Orlando City, the NWSL and the Pride, UCF Athletics, the ECHL and the Solar Bears, and the FHSAA and school sources for prep coverage. Scores and schedules were last verified on the dates shown in each beat block above.