Heat Beat Celtics, Take No. 2. Seed

Entering this season, the expectation for the Miami Heat was that they’d give the Boston Celtics a run for their money, and topple them as the best team in the Eastern Conference. But then the Celtics beat Miami three times, taking Suck to a whole other level. Expectations became so…

Frank Martin on Miami Coaching Rumors: “No One Has Called Me”

Regardless of what’s actually on the mind of University of Miami interim athletics director Tony Hernandez, the media has already anointed Kansas State coach Frank Martin the frontrunner for the Canes’ open basketball coaching job because of his considerable connections to the Miami area (connections that involve a past high…

Dwyane Wade Unveils His First Pair of Signature Air Jordans

For the past two years, Dwyane Wade has been just about the only NBA superstar not to have his own signature sneaker. He traded his own line of Converse kicks and apparel to take the historic honor of being the first basketball-player spokesman for Nike’s Air Jordan brand since Michael Jordan himself. But the…

Frank Martin to Miami Rumors Already Flying

With the strange but not unwelcome departure of Frank Haith for the University of Missouri, UM is now in the market for a new head basketball coach.And less than five hours after the vacancy became public knowledge, rumors are already flying over who might take the helm at the struggling…

Sad Isiah Thomas’ Sad Exile in Sad Coconut Grove

If Isiah Thomas talked much about his job as head coach at FIU basketball during his interview with Fox Sports’ Bill Ritter it didn’t make the copy. Instead Ritter paints a picture of a man in a situation he doesn’t want to be in desperately hoping to one day soon…

It’s The End of the World As We Know It!: Cavs Stun Heat

It’s Christmas morning for the Heat Haters Dick Biters Brigade! Because the lowly 15-58 Cleveland Cavaliers took down and exacted revenge on LeBron James and the Miami Heat last night in a 102-90 win.The Heat were outplayed and out hustled on both ends of the floor. And even though they…

Heat Beat Rockets in Historic Fashion

With the NBA playoffs just a few weeks away, it’s that time of year when we get a whole lotta Dwayne Wade and his towering deeds of heroic awesomeness all up in our faces. And even though D-Wade has made his name around these parts as a pretty righteous ass-kicker,…

Alonzo Mourning Literally Stops Traffic to Do Good Deed

The city may be enamored with a new generation of Miami Heat superstars, but we’ve still got love for Alonzo Mourning. Doesn’t hurt that he’s a pretty good guy. Apparently not content with his work through charities as a source of good karma, Mourning literally stopped traffic on the busy…

Defense Helps Heat Rally Past Pistons

There are nights when the Miami Heat completely annihilate an inferior opponent and leave them buried in their wake of awesomeness by twenty or thirty points. Last night was not one of those nights.The Heat had to rally hard and overcome an eleven-point deficit in last night’s 100-94 win over…