Fernando Medina/NBAE/Getty Images Via Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: Adonal Foyle has decided to end his NBA playing career after 13 years. The 35-year-old center chose to retire after a right-knee injury often prevented him from practicing with the Magic during the 2009-10 season. “It just never really quite got back to where I …
Tag Archive: Adonal Foyle
Jun 28
Monday’s Magic Word
Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “Compared to LeBron’s trumpeted grand plan, Shaquille O’Neal slipped away from the Orlando Magic in 1996 as if he merely had been transferred by the home office to another job in Los Angeles. Trust me, kids, Shaq’s move to the Lakers was a huge deal in Orlando — just not as noisy from …
Jun 13
Sunday’s Magic Word
Dan Savage of OrlandoMagic.com: “While [Marcin] Gortat may be the most intimidating member of his teammates in the ring – his sheer size makes him resemble Rocky IV’s Ivan Drago whenever he swings away at a sparring partner – he’s not the only [Orlando] Magic player involved in stepping between the ropes. Rogowski routinely brings …
May 28
Friday’s Magic Word
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “ ’Ridiculous.’ That’s the word Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy used to describe a Boston Herald column in which Ron Borges labeled Dwight Howard as ‘a cheap-shot artist’ and advocated that the Boston Celtics attempt to impose ‘frontier justice’ on Howard in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals tonight.” George Diaz of …
May 25
Adonal Foyle to be Inducted Into CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame®
Via the Orlando Magic: Former Academic All-America® basketball standout Adonal Foyle, ’99 of Colgate University, joins a pair of former Academic All-America® football selections, Dr. James Kovach, ’78 of the University of Kentucky and Dewey Selmon, ’76 of the University of Oklahoma, and Connecticut College rowing star Anita DeFrantz, ‘74 as this year’s inductees into …
Apr 14
NBA’s Dwight Howard Launches Dwight Howard Fund; Challenges Fans to Give Back
Via the Orlando Magic: Dwight Howard, 2009 NBA Defensive Player of the Year and 4-time winner of the Rich and Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award, is proud to launch his Dwight Howard Fund with the mission to help at-risk youths around the world. The “Dwight Howard Fund” (DHF) was kicked off by the NBA player …