so hickey started a go fund me account to try to buy ajax. hickey says he is grateful for the community's support and hopes for changes at the state level. >> i think we need to start the state and get legislation passed to where officers that retire in good standings gets the k-9. either medically or either if they have retirement, when they retire, they get the dog for either a dollar or whatever. >> reporter: but state says hickey forfeited his right to the dog. >> another section of this particular law says a law enforcement officer leaves the unit and in this situation, officer hick ski -- hick ski leaving the unit. that section says the officer forfeits the right to purchase the dog under this provision. >> reporter: the bidding for hopes to keep his partner in crime, fighting that is. that go fund me page has collected more than $49,000. hickey says after he buys ajax, the rest of that money will provide bulletproof vests to k-9 police dogs, just like ajax. >>> the month of january, almost in the books. we kick off february tomorrow, b

and hickey was ready to pay for the dog on the day he retired. "i decided i was going to physically retire at that moment and so i went on the 25th of this month and retired and had the money for the dog and was ready to hand it to the the chief of police and the chief of police said he couldn't take it." ajax was appraised for 35 hundred dollars... and because of his worth and being the city's property--he must go to auction... "this particular unit, this particular dog, out of the unit, state and federal money may have been used. therefore, we are under strict rules of property when we're dealing with state and federal funds, as well as taxpayer dollars." because of this... a go fund me account has been started... and hickey says there are bigger problems in the world but he is grateful for the support and hopes that something can be achieved at the state level with this. "i think we need to start at the state and get legislation passed to where officers that retire in good standing gets the k-9, either medically or if they have their time in w

"let ajax stay with officer hickey." the city responded, posting in part, "your voices are heard and your comments are important." >> is it cold? well, the law sometimes can be cold. do i like it? not necessarily. >> reporter: to increase officer hickey's chances at the auction, donations are pouring into a social fundraising page. the mayor says the auction date isn't set yet. the growing crowd is calling for this law enforcement duo to be allowed to stick together. >> i would hate to lose my buddy. >>> the power of social media is pretty amazing. there is a gofundme page created for officer hickey a few days it's raise edd $33,000. the page has been shared over 28,000 times. >> if someone does go to that auction, they may outbid the officer. it would be good if they gave him the dog. >> i would hope so. otherwise i'll be very upset. >> we'll follow the story and keep you updated on this one. >>> dylan dreyer has a check on the weather from the plaza. >> hey, guys. why celebrate one sweet 16 when you can have a whole gr

. >> reporter: it started when officer hickey decided he wanted to retire. he's 57, ajax going on six and has the potential to work six more years. he says he offered to pay the city the $3500 the city says ajax was worth. he also talked to his chief about this the day he retired >> i'm retiring today i said here's the money for the dog. he said i can't take the money for the dog. >> reporter: it turns out it wasn't as easy as officer hickey thought. a jax in the eyes of the law isn't just a dog. >> the dog is property of the city of the mar yet >> reporter: that -- >> it is a piece of personal property it is treated just like if it was a shovel or -- that's just the way it is. >> kind of cold. >> >> reporter: the cold hard truth about ajax the city must sell to the highest bidder at auction. >> auctioning off a dog may sound strange but the city says they have the legal power to do it. >> i'm afraid that somebody that might try to take the dog and auction it way high and of course over my head. in the city of marietta wants that to happen. >> reporter: the

"let ajax stay with offic hickey." the cy respded, posng in part, "your voices a hrd and your cments arepoant." >> is cold? ll, the law sometim cane cold doik it? not necessarily. reporter: to incase officer hick's chances at thauction, dotions eouring into a the mor says the auction date isn't se yet. the growing crowd is cng for is law enforcement duo tbe allowed toti together. >> i wld hate to lose my buddy. >>> the power of social media is pretty amazg. the is a gofundme page created for officer hickey a few days ago. it's raise edd $33,000. the pageas been shared over 28,000 times. >> if someone doeo toha auction, they mayoutbid the officer. it would be good if ey gave him the dog. >> i would hope so otrwise i'l be very upt. >> we'll follow the story and keep you updated on this one. >>> dylan dye has a cck on the weatr from the plaza. >> he guys why celebrate one sweet 16 when young ladies celebrang set 16? 16 rmer than arage inew y city, nille is 20 degrees abeaverage. we're tching a ston e southwest. that'soing

let ajax stay with officer hickey, comments another. the city responded, posting in part your voices are being heard and your comments are important. >> is it cold? do i like it? not necessarily. >> reporter: to increase officer hickey's chances at the auction, donations are pouring into a social fund-raising page. the mayor says the auction date isn't set yet, but the growing crowd is calling for this law enforcement duo to be allowed to stick together. >> i would hate to lose my buddy. >> reporter: for "today," sarah daaloff, nbc news. >>> the power of social media is amazing. check this out. there a go fund me page created for officer hickey a few days ago. it already raised just under $34,000. we were looking at this last night, over at "nightly news" and it was at $17,000. it doubled in less than 12 hours at this point. the page has been shared over 28,000 times. >> if someone does go to that auction and they outbid the officer, it would be good if they gave him the dog. >> i would hope so. otherwise, very upset. >> we'll follow th

there a go fund me page created for officer hickey a few days ago. it already raised just under $34,000. we were looking at this last night, over at "nightly news" and it was at $17,000. it doubled in less than 12 hours at this point. the page has been shared over 28,000 times. >> if someone does go to that auction and they outbid the officer, it would be good if they gave him the dog. >> i would hope so. otherwise, very upset. keep you updated. >>> dylan dreyer out on the plaza with the final check of the weather. >> good morning, guys. why celebrate one sweet 16 when you can have a whole group of lovely ladies turning 16? nice group from rhode island here this morning. let's look at the weather going on across the country where it is going to be a warmer than average day by 9 degrees in new york city. pittsburgh should hit 57 degrees today. nashville, 67. 20 degrees above average. we are watching the storm in the southwest, that's going to start spreading eastward. that's going to be the reason why we'll see perhaps blizzard conditions in iowa star

hickey has served four terms in the legislature. he was a member on the task force that worked on revamping the funding formula and chaired a sub committee on education funding last year when major changes were on the table. >>> tonight reno police and the city leaders are addressing the recent string of deadly violence in a northeast reno neighborhood. it is where two teens died in shootings. news 4's van pho is live where the community member also have an opportunity to have their questions answered and their voices heard. >> reporter: and in december alone there were three separate shootings in the pat baker park neighborhood. two teens were killed by gun fire just blocks away from each other. the 18-year-old rodriguez was killed in a drive-by shooting when uninvited guests shot into another 16-year-old boy was shot in the head after a robbery, and in that case, a 15- year-old was tampa bay into custody. tonight the police chief jason soto and the councilmember oscar delgado who grew up in this neighborhood, aim to have a convers

hickey built the first house i ever purchased.e them all my love. >> i will. >> i'm not sure who looks scarier, me or her. >> i know. >> you know, huh? >> you look great. >> thank you. so do you. manyn.1$ñ . >> am i signing this? >> you're signing this. >> we need a match. >> we can simulate a lighter. >> i heard you. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> okay. you listen to your math teacher. >> we will, she's awesome. >> that's the worst-looking stuff i've ever seen. >> thank you!úz >> could have been the bush pumpkin. >> your name? >> joanna. >> mr. bush? mr. bush? enthusiasm as now with you here. never. and i've been in politics a long time. >> tell him thanks. >> oh,i4v my god. >> i'm not signing your shirt until your mother says yes. no, she didn't say yes. >> thank you very much. >> need you to have a mentor. >> thank you.úqie >> good luck. >> where is your mom. >>> boy, your mom has a lot of children. you've got a lot of children. i'm blaming it on you.20év >> that's great.è5éñ >> that will be the envy of everybody. >> it's intentiona

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megan hickey reporting. we reached out to the pension fund. they declined to comment. >>> the justice department and ferguson, missouri, just released a deal following the michael brown shooting. brown was unarmed when an the deal announced today comes after seven months of negotiations and is lays out changes including more police training and changes to the use of force procedures. >>> investigators still on the scene of an explosion that blew a house off its foundation and killed a person inside. officials believe that natural gas played a role in that explosion. debris from the house landed across several surrounding homes and on the property of the school across the street. the district shut down for the day as that investigation went on throughout the day. the district telling us the school will be back in session tomorrow. >>> we have new information about a hit and run in cleveland. police say they made an arrest in connection with last week's incident along fulton road. a 24-year-old woman turned herself into police this afternoon. yo

. >> meggen hickey begins monthly reports in cooperation with the u.s. marshalls searching for sexual offenders that have gone under the radar. >> us marshalls have crisscrossed the country tracking a rape suspect. in july of 2003 a woman described him from her bed a horrifying encounter at a party with a man she barely knew. >> at one point she was left a lone and he penetrated her with his fingers and had intercourse with her. the entire time and the whole time she was saying no. >> the victim spoke with police and then the suspect skipped he fled to puerto rico. a deputy marshall said the case records of this person. >> we weren't able to find records of him. we weren't able to find any records of him or any indications whatsoever where we might be able to locate him which is unusual. >> his family says that he was murdered but bolden does not find the story after a search turned up no records of his death. and that's not all. marshalls confronted the family conflicting stories emerged. >> it would have been very easy for him to assume an identity in

with the chairman of the board of regents, rick trachok, and the power pundit panel, dorie guy, pat hickey and rew goodenow, coming up next on all new "nevada newsmakers." >> "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you in part by the tahoe reno industrial center, retail association >> closed captioning of "nevada newsmakers" is brought to you by the nevada trucking association, trucking moves america forward. this is "nevada newsmakers" with host sam shad, a no holds barred political forum. now from the "nevada newsmakers" broadcast headquarters, here is sam shad. >> and back on "nevada newsmakers," we are pleased to welcome back to the program the chairman of the board of regents, rick trachok, pleasure >> pleasure to be here. >> we were chatting on the break before we got started, i thought i would bring it up right away and deal with it. the headline in the las vegas review journal a month or so ago, they said northern regents shouldn't reject land for unlv stadium deal and i was trying to figure out who in northern nevada will be trying to stop a stadium deal that unlv wants, makes sense? >>

meggen hickey. newschannel 5. >>> you can see how much snow will fall in your neighborhood with the new snow cast app. download it from apple's app store. >>> police were called to the home of 3-year-old major howard. the boy shot to death last september after reports of gunfire this afternoon. we are live at the scene. homa bash has more. i understand they are afraid they are being targeted by a major killer. >> reporter: two shots fired at this home where major's grandparents lip. two shell casings from found this afternoon. victor heard two gunshots and a and fired. this is not the first time they feel they have been targeted. the police are stilling looking for men in howard's murder. >> we can't get no answers because he won't turn himself in. my plea is that somebody knows when he is and somebody turn >> reporter: major's grandfather tells me his son was hit by a car that ran off in front of the house a few weeks ago. you can see a police car sitting out in front. i have seen several drive by

megan hickey, newschannel 5. >>> violent crimes on the rise. the f.b.i. releasing new data showing two percent increase in murders and rapes and assaults during the first six months of 2015. that is compared to the same time a year before. burglary and arson crimes dropped in the first six months. >>> the man accused of murdering a woman in her home pleaded not guilty. anthony davis remains bars. he shot a woman after he got into an argument. it is the first homicide in lorraine this year in. >> akron dealing with the 4th homicide of the year. police investigating a deadly shooting on the city's west side. officers found a man with a gunshot wound at nine this morning. the victim's name is not released yet. >>> weather creating big stark county. destroyed tristan rubber molding while the freezing temperatures took a toll on firefighter equipment. bob, five departments respond to go to fire. >> reporter: well, chris, a total of 24 firefighters that worked on the fire that started in the walls and spread quickly and destroyed a plant that has been here for

sergeant is fed up and taking matters into his own d his plea to lawmakers with newschannel5's megan hickey. >> all our power went out. i would look out the window see the foals down. >> reporter: police say this driver, who was impaired, >> we have 65-degree weather and a four-day weekend for christmas. so's a bad combination ent. >> reporter: four drivers were repeat offenders with prior ovi convictions. six had blood alcohol levels higher than .17. that's more than twice the legal limit. but ohio's legal law, some say, the reason the drivers continue to plague the streets because it takes within six years. >> because of that timetable it's still a misdemeanor. >> reporter: in neighboring a two duis can result in a felony. >> the laws should be stiffer. many people out there would love those penalties >> reporter: he tells me after up, writing to lawmakers asking for stricter penalties for >> there's basically two things that will stop a repeat offender from driving again, and that's either a prison cell or a casket. >> reporter: mothers against nfirmed that the sergeant's request has bee

mentor hickey has more on u.s. marshals searching for sexual offenders who have gone under the radar. >> reporter: they have crisscrossed the continent for 12 years tracking a rape suspect. in july 2003, a woman described from a hospital bed, a horrifying encounter at a party. a man that she barely knew attacked her. >> she was on the patio his apartment. she said he penetrated her with his fingers and then had intercourse with her, the entire time with her saying no to him, according to her allegations. him the next day but he spec -- skipped town after that. his last known address at highland heights's, residents say he fled to puerto rico. records said he doesn't exist. >> there were no records of him anywhere. he never got a drivers license. we were not able to find any records of him or any indication whatsoever of where we might be able to locate him, which is unusual. >> his family told the marshals he was murder. they don't buy the story. no records were found of his death after a thorough search. that's no

at that time was to bring in 400 citibank jobs, not to bring in 400% interest rates. >> reporter: hickeyn't alone in recognizing the problems created by these short-term loans. steve hildebrand runs josiah's coffee shop here in sioux falls. he's seen the detrimental effects of these high interest rates first hand. >> i've had employee after employee after employee over the last three years in the coffee shop, going through horrible, horrible financial experiences, taking out these emergency loans, and just getting into this terrible cycle of debt that is incredibly hard for them to get out of. >> reporter: hildebrand, an openly gay democrat who worked on the obama campaign, didn't have much in common with hickey, a republican and conservative christian pastor who has railed against homosexuality, but they did see eye to eye on what they consider predatory lending. >> we created a campaign called south dakotans for responsible lending where steve hildebrand is the chair, and i am the co- chair. it's brought people on the right and the left together, in a very healthy way. >> reporter: the

home and employees involve face thousands of dollars in fines and penalties. 84-year-old frannie hickey passed away in 2013. investigating the cause of her death. frannie's wish was to be buried with her deceased husband, but she was cremated instead. they discovered an apprentice when working with a casper medical funeral home they are working with the body of the man with the same last name and was given the body with frannie hickey. when we spoke with frannie's brother he blamed the funeral home and the crematorie for this horrible mistake. >> we are very hurt. reporter: now more than two years later in this consent agreement with the state, the brothers who operate the funeral home will pay $10,000 in fines. they are continuing to complete the education and the funeral director's license is on a six-month probation. one place to go to another, this should be a double check. it is just a disaster. reporter: and the license of the apprentice who picked up frannie's body has been suspended for six months. her family has filed a civil suit in this case. kathy curran, 5 investigates. hea

governor bryan sandoval has announced republican assemblyman pat hickey has given up his legislative seat to join the silver state board of education. announcement came after the death of david cook. hickey has served four terms in the legislature and has previously worked on other major nevada tasks. >>> a former police officer this las vegas could be seeing prison and hefty fine if convicted. the u.s. department of justice says that officer richard thomas ask zone he is being indicted including a civil rights violation. body camera video shows him way using excessive force on a woman while arresting her. the former las vegas officer is convicted he could face up to 30 years in prison and 500- dollar fine if convicted he was terminated from the las vegas police department in september. >>> the jackpot for tomorrow night's powerball has reached a record $1.5 billion. while a big payday may seem like a dream come true it can l where about it's own share of oftentimes many lottery winners have to deal with people wanting a hand out and in some cases it's much worse than that. so if you

brian hickey from blue canyon where ski resorts are hoping the combination of snow and the three day weekend brings lots of business. >> reporter: the storm has passed and left behind several inches of feet at blue canyon. caltrans working to keep the roads clear for drivers heading up for the long holiday weekend. they expect a lot of investigativers coming up here and a lot of snow. many more storms on the way. if you are coming up here, be ready for the winter driving conditions. today the storm has passed. the skies are blue. should be a great to ski and snowboard. plan your exit from the mountains. with the storms coming in through the weekend, in fact through the better part of next week, make sure that you are prepared to get off the hill as well with all the other holiday travelers. again three to four inches on the ground. some of the ski resorts reporting eight to nine inches that fell last night. some forecasts calling for many feet of snow by next week. so all great news for the sierra businesses and for the drought situation. but again be ready for winter travel with the

. >> for four years, officer matthew hickey and ajax have been more than best friends. they've been partners. protecting the community of marietta, ohio. >> he's been active in several arrests. several seizures of contraband. >> so when the officer retired after 34 years of service, he planned for ajax, who he considers a member of the family, to join him. >> there is a bond between us and it's very special. >> since ajax is still young, healthy and could serve for several more years, officer hickey was prepared to compensate the city $3500. but he was stunned to learn that under state law, ajax is considered property and will be auctioned off. >> we are under strict rules how we dispose of property when we're dealing with state and federal funds. as well as taxpayer dollars. >> public outcry has been fast and furious with comments flooding the city's facebook page. let ajax stay with officer hickey comments another. >> the city responded saying your voices are being heard and comments are important. >> is it cold? the law can be cold sometimes. do i like it? not necess

. >> our megan hickey joins us now. you spoke with a state representative from canton who is leading this charge. >> reporter: right, i spoke with him over the phone from columbus. he said they're still hammering out the details but are hoping to decide once and for all whether ohio is ready for medical pot. issue three couldn't deliver legal pot to ohio but it may agencier patients what say they need it. >> medical marijuana is going to come. it needs to come in the right way just like every other drug comes on the market. >> reporter: polling for issue 3 gauged support between 70 and 90%. i was told it's a message heard loud and cloud bey the legs lay tore. but tom sutton tells me the task force has a mountain of questions to tackle. >> it clearly will be by prescription, but there are questions of where does the marijuana come from, what amounts can be stored, can it be produced in 0 ohio or does it get imported from another statement those are all the looking at. >> reporter: sutton told me it's possible to legalize

and meggen hickey joins us live. she investigated a complaint in menner. what are they telling you? >> reporter: a spokesman says they acknowledged that some of the numbers could be wrong but they are going off the data that schools report themselves. beach wood and menner have a serious problem and the department of education's most recent report card and according to doe data so do nearly 80 other schools. >> that is a lot of appeals. district act school data is wrong. >> i think our community knows when they see zero percent of our kids scored without remediation that is not true. >> there is an appeal and the department of education says the corrected numbers did not come out in time for the first round report cards out this week. >> for those that wanted to appeal they are appealing their data. so it was possible to appeal if you wanted to appeal that information. >> reporter: but here is the problem. the appeals window is closed which means it is too late for beach wood city schools. in a letter to parents harden says the test data was quote wiley off base. the report shows no

in overland, megan hickey, newschannel5. >>> from that to this. a live look. this is out east where we're talking about that massive blizzard that has finally hit the area. this storm already claiming lives. four people were killed in a car crash in north carolina on the slippery roads out there. it's only going to get worse. just getting started. chief meteorologist mark johnson. >> here it is, winding up, right over atlanta, georgia, the center of the low. it is gathering lots of is liquid moisture from the atlantic ocean, getting some still from the gulf of mexico, plus cold air on the back side, up. that's how it strengthens. 21 states impacted, the heaviest snows will fall, west of north carolina, even into new york city, folks. we've got blizzard warnings out new york, philly, baltimore, and washington, d.c., the heavy snow arriving in d.c. and baltimore just over the last couple of hours. atlantic city just now beginning to get the snow. that's where we saw the live shot. snow just beginning, not quite in new york city yet. but blizzard warnings, you ra

megan hickey joins us live. in this case, police are not pointing any fingers. rchts police tell me the investigation is ongoing but they do not believe the driver is at fault, and according to ohio law, the landowners have zero liability. >> is there someone still turned vehicle? >> it looks like there is. >> reporter: witnesses tell me they were shocked to learn a selected outing on this hill left a nine-year-old boy in critical condition. >> you think your kids are >> reporter: neighbors told me that sledders frequent these small hills when snowfall is right. >> we have so many hills, dirt hills, that it makes it very easy to not have to go very far from your house to sled, but i've never seen anything like this happen. it's crazy. >> reporter: according to this company, neither the company nor the individual homeowners are responsible for keeping kids off, which means the homeowners have no responsibility. police tell me they don't believe the driver's speed had anything to do with it. some neighbors told me the parents should have been watching. >> i hope n

so our team coverage continues with megan hickey. you have an in-depth look at the growing problem. >> reporter: right. according to the ksu newspaper, those allegations involve involvement with isis or recruiting students to join isis. the fbi is not confirming those reports at this time, telling me this is an ongoing investigation and telling me they're not going to comment further. according to kentwire.com, the fbi's joint terrorism task force has been investigating in a video interview he said he is not a supporter of the islamic state and does not believe he has broken the law. newschannel5 wanted to know just how common these investigations are in northeast ohio. i spoke with cleveland's fbi director in the wake of the last two arrests in the area. he told me the caseload is heavy for the field office with several pending investigations. >> i won't give you a number. i can't do that. what i can say is they're very busy. there's not members of this task force that are looking for work. there's plenty of cases and plenty of work

megan hickey talked one-on-one to a key supporter. cleveland one of three cities on this so-called listening tour. >>reporter: that's right the first stop is this saturday at cleveland state. it's an all day event where residents can tell lawmakers medical marijuana bill and if like. senator kenny you co-tells me he's been a supporter of medical marijuana since 2003. not long after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> i can't tell you how many times i heard hey how many joint sponsors have you got with a look ha ha. >>reporter: he told me his position was met with a lot of laughter over the years but he explained to me recently the perception has changed. >> it may be yes there is a product within this medical marijuana i am an that we have in our minds that can be a game changer. >>reporter: he's not the first mission to politician to start opening up. he launched a medical marijuana task force with onion likely partner across the aisle. state senator dave burke not ready to commit to a bill. >> i remain i guess you would say

officer matthew hickey had the money in his ham to buy ajax. his police dog, the moment he retired. he was turned down. ajax was appraised for $3500 and because of that number, his worth is high. the fact that he's the city's property, he legally has to go to auction. up to try to help officer hickey keep his best friend. >> we need to start and get legislation passed where officers retiring in good standing get the k-9, either medically or if they have the time and they retire, they get whatever. jonathan: the bidding process is set to start next week. i hope ajax stays with his partner. it's not just politics making headlines in iowa this weekend. a good samaritan is making the news for saving a dog. we have video. a man from out of town saw a woman in distress and jumped in to action. her dog was struggling in the current of the des moines river and she couldn't swim. without getting himself southwest away, the man managed to reach the dog and bring it to shore safely. the dog appeared to be okay. great news for one local dog and fred the dog has been returned since disappearing

megan hickey, newschannel5. >>> new tonight at 6:00, police need your help finding a person responsible for robbing an elderly couple. >> reporter: the couple got a knock on the door from a man claiming he had done roofing work. do some inspections because he noticed some shingles might be leaking. once inside, a woman distracted the couple and the man stole items including a wedding ring. police released this surveillance video from a department store in pittsburgh where the suspects made purchases with a stolen credit card. >> to have someone come in and literally take these memories away is what they did. >> reporter: police remind homeowners to not let anyone inside if they did not call the person to their home. bass, newschannel5. >>> officers say they found a 56-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his head. police have not said if the death was a homicide or a suicide. new tonight, an elyria mother is facing endangerment charges after one of her children was found wandering around outside without a coat. the child was standing at prospect and garford. a by stander called. when th

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officer matthew hickey retired after more than 30 years with the department. and he planned to pay for the city property. his partner of three years for appraised for $3500. they are under strict rules with ajax because state and federal funds may have been used to purchase him. also ohio state law says hickey technically forfeited his right to buy ajax when he decided to retire. >> we need to start and get legislation passed to where officers that retire in good standing gets the k9. >> a go fund me account was started to help him keep his partner. more than $33,000 have been raised for them. any money left over after the auction will be donated to purchase bullet proof vests for k9s in the department. the bidding process is set to start this week. nick. >> lots of support online for that officer this morning. thank you so much. >>> moving to the hardwood. signature win from lebron james and the cavs for some time. the wine and gold took down the san antonio spurs at the q. andy baskin and brad sellers break it down for us. >> good morning. northeast ohio tal

buffalo news reporter john hickey tweeted this picture of crews freeing the car from its icy shell. you can see the freed blue car in the turning now to are getting ready to fans in london. the magic are playing the raptors, at o-2 arena. it is an early tip for us. the game starts at three o clock this afternoon, our time. orlando has been struggling in 2016. the magic have lost five of six to begin the new year. they slipped down to eighth place in the eastern conference. the raptors are second in the east. toronto is on a nugame winning streak. orlando city soccer club fans will have to wait a little longer to see the lions play in their new stadium. the team says the will not be ready until march of 2017. the lions hoped to play there at some point in the 2016 season. construction on the new stadium got and crews have not been able to make up the time. so the lions will season in the citrus bowl. and big n-f-l coaching news. according to multiple sources, the giants are close to promoting coordinator, ben mcadoo, to head coach. new york is looking to replace tom coughlin. mcadoo

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