In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Miami Heat had zero answers for the Chicago Bulls and their insane rebounding prowess, sharp shooting, monster dunks and screamy faces. But in last night’s Game 2, the Heat answered with the one-two punch of LeBron James and the ball obliterating…
Happen to read yesterday’s fluff piece in the Miami Herald on Marcos “Shakey” Rodriguez’s departure from the boy’s basketball coaching position at Krop High? Here’s the lede: Shakey Rodriguez, the hyper intense, hyper successful and hyper controversial coach who made basketball matter in Miami, has decided to retire. Blech. According…
Forbes has tallied up the world’s most powerful celebrities, and the Miami Heat’s own LeBron James comes in at number three. Though he’s not that most powerful athlete (Tiger Woods somehow still takes that one), he is the most powerful celebrity athlete from a team sport. Besides Woods, only A-listers…
The story of the circus surrounding the Miami Heat was as much about the media as it was about actual basketball. ESPN gave LeBron James an entire hour to announce his “decision,” and then devoted an entire section to his team. Esquire launched an entire blog about James. Every pageview-hungry…
Hot on the hells of an alleged $189,000 receipt racked up during a Cinco de Mayo party at the Tryst nightclub in the Wynn resort in Las Vegas comes rumors that LeBron James once racked up an even bigger bill at XS, one of the Wynn’s other nightclub. $171,973 to…
Well that was rough. Apparently Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau screened Hoosiers for his team while Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra showed his guys Atlas Shrugged prior to their Game 1 Eastern Conference Finals showdown. Because the Heat were out muscled, and out-hustled by the swarming Bulls, resulting in the…
The Miami Hurricanes didn’t scoop up much quarterback talent in their 2011 draft class, but seemed to be making up for it in transfer. Back in February, Tate Foricer announced he was transferring from Michigan to Miami, but now ESPN is reporting that Forcier won’t be joining the team after…
It was a long time coming, but LeBron James finally apologized to the city of Cleveland last night after the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics in round two of the playoffs. James must have been in a bittersweet mood after vanquishing the Celtics. Sure, he’s made it to the…
LeBron James has taken a lot of shit this year. Mainly because he decided to exercise his perfectly legal right to join another team through free agency. SO EVIL! And then he went and celebrated his signing with the Heat in front of the local fans with a fire works…
Want to play basketball against Dwyane Wade? Well, an average guy has a pretty good shot at getting on the roster of the Minnesota Timberwolves at this point, but if you don’t want to commit to a full NBA season, you can shell out $12,500 to sign up for Dwyane…
Even the most passionate Miami Dolphins fans might not remember Alvin Powell. The offensive lineman played only two games for the Fins in 1989 before suddenly resigning. His play on the field wasn’t much helped by the fact that he was addicted to crack cocaine. Now the former NFL player…
The Boston Celtics are just a single game away from playoff elimination at the hands of the Miami Heat, and LeBron James would just like to say “thank you.” Not for proving to be a pretty beatable team, but for providing the inspiration that three superstar players all suiting up…
Every year, Forbes slaps together a list of America’s most influential athletes, and LeBron James was riding high at number two last year. Of course, some sort of “decision” happened in the meantime, and King James has seen his rankings fall. He’s still in the top ten, but barely. Granted,…
Empty seats have become a staple of Florida Marlins games, so what better way to show some snarky pride than to blend in with your barren surroundings? The shirts are available here, and the photo is from Matthewspill’s Twitter. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr…
They had to overcome overtime, bad officiating, the national media’s sudden infatuation with a one-armed man, “retarded-gate,” Chris Bosh’s supposed “softness,” LeBron James’ inability to close out games, a losing streak in Boston that’s lasted since 2007, and a building full of obnoxious fans, but the Heat took down the…
The word “retard”: America just doesn’t know what to do with it. True, we should probably retire it for good from our vocabulary, but lets be honest: Many of us normal, untelevised folk still use it pretty regularly. And the Black Eyed Peas had a hit song with “retarded” in…
After roughly 5,836 days in between games, the Miami Heat finally resumed their Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Celtics in Boston. The end result wasn’t as awesome as Games 1 and 2, in that the Heat got creamed pretty badly.But the good news is Erik Spoelstra finally went with…
Linebacker Travis Williams has announced that he will transfer from the University of Miami. Williams was one of four players believed to be suspended for infractions from the season opener, according to unconfirmed reports by subscription site InsideTheU.com. Three of the players were apparently suspended for an incident involving marijuana,…
The Miami Heat travel to Boston tomorrow to try and begin finishing off the Boston Celtics in round two of the NBA playoffs. Yet, the team still can’t shake it’s perception of the villains, and lots of Heat haters will be rooting for the Celtics to pull off a comeback…
True-aqua-blue Dolphins fans are probably torn this morning. Here they were hating Chad Henne and hoping their team would draft a quarterback and realizing they’d be stuck with the stinker from Michigan for another year when they didn’t, when their patron saint bequeathed them a parting message: You must believe…
In news that you probably already knew was coming, Sporting News has named Miami Heat president Pat Riley NBA 2010-11 Executive of the Year after he put together the biggest free-agent signings pretty much ever. Know who else saw this coming? Nearly everyone else on Earth.The NBA’s official award for top…
Dwyane Wade did a vicious Euro-step crossover on Kevin Garnett that transcended all time and space, and left KG a smoking heap of charred douche. Moments later, Wade crossed over Ray Allen so badly, Allen simply crumpled onto the court like his spine was removed from his body.Later on, LeBron…
