With Wade hurting, Bosh again comes through

— He has heard it all the past few years. Chris Bosh has heard he’s too soft and doesn’t rebound enough. He’s been called the Third Wheel and the half in Two-and-a-Half Men. Even after last year’s playoffs, when his injured absence marked the darkest days of the Heat spring, he came back this year [...]

Heat at a loss when it comes to waiting game

Lebron James waits to see who the Heat will face next. MIAMI—    The NBA gave the Miami Heat the week off. The Heat didn’t want it.    That, of course, didn’t matter.    ”I didn’t like it, honestly,” forward LeBron James said after Wednesday’s practice at AmericanAirlines Arena, with the NBA announcing a day [...]

James comes through at end vs. Magic, Heat win streak at 16

MIAMI—   This was not the smoothest of operations.    Not close, even at the dramatic finish.    But the result was familiar, the Miami Heat franchise-record winning streak now at 16, one victory off the longest in the NBA this season.     No, this 97-96 victory Wednesday night over the Orlando Magic at AmericanAirlines [...]

Five-day break comes at ideal time for Heat

NBA star Dwyane Wade’s mom, Jolinda Wade, talks about her partnership with Food for the Poor to build a village in Haiti. MIAMI –— For the past nine seasons, Dwyane Wade never experienced what it was like to rest during the NBA All-Star Break. The past five days have given him a close replica of [...]

Heat have options when it comes to Gasol trade

MIAMI— First the irony. A week ago, as the Heat were preparing to play at Staples Center, LeBron James was asked about the Lakers’ offseason additions of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard at, essentially, pennies on the dollar. “If there’s one team that can pull off something like that, it would be the Lakers,” James [...]

Shaq comes around on Bosh

   RuPaul has left the building. Or, more to the point, Shaquille O’Neal no longer sees the need to drag out the issue anymore.    The former Miami Heat center has come around on current Heat center Chris Bosh. While Bosh does not match up to Shaq in stature, O’Neal said it is time to [...]

No ‘Hard Knocks’-type glare when it comes to Heat

MIAMI—    HBO’s “Hard Knocks” has left the building. Showtime’s “The Franchise” opted for an early exit.    South Florida’s pro stragglers no longer are under the cable-television microscope. And when it comes to the region’s marquee franchise, the glare has yet to arrive — and won’t this season, either.    In the wake of [...]

James comes through on his birthday in 103-101 win over ‘Wolves

MINNEAPOLIS— Memo to Miami Heat operations department: Next time use more force with the NBA office to schedule LeBron James’ birthday as a home game. The AmericanAirlines Arena crowd deserves better than being deprived of such theatrics. Once again offering his birthday best, this time on the day he turned 27, James helped the Heat [...]

There’s plenty of fight when it comes to LeBron James

By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 5:36 p.m. EST, November 18, 2011 MIAMI— The Miami Heat’s Big Three of Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James noted on their Twitter accounts a shared workout Friday at Miami Beach’s famed 5th St. Gym. “New found respect 4 Boxing!” posted James, who had a solo workout [...]

Mike Miller hoping next move comes with Heat

The NBA lockout is real. So is amnesty. And for Mike Miller so is rehab from a pair of offseason surgeries. So, yes, that is Miller’s Hillsboro Shores estate that recently was placed on the market for $ 9 million. And no, the Miami Heat forward is not looking to move. Or at least is [...]

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