MIAMI— The reality is the Milwaukee Bucks accomplished plenty of what they had hoped for Sunday night against the Miami Heat: Brandon Jennings was walking the walk after his uber-confident pregame talk. Monta Ellis was erasing his regular-season scoring struggles in the matchup. And a surprisingly aggressive defense was forcing a barrage of [...]
Heat make it 66 wins as Wade leads 105-93 rout of Magic
MIAMI— Wednesday’s regular-season finale at AmericanAirlines Arena was not about final answers. Not with the Miami Heat hopeful of a two-month playoff run to follow. Instead, the 105-93 victory over the Orlando Magic, the Heat’s 66th victory of the season, was about what comes next, starting with Sunday’s home playoff opener against the [...]
Heat hoping good health leads to consistency
Miami –— Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra did not want to jinx it. After a stretch of injuries, the Heat are the healthiest they have been since the beginning of the season. Fourteen of the 15 players on the roster practiced Monday in preparation for Tuesday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The only player to [...]
LeBron leads Heat to mile-high stunner in absences of Wade, Chalmers
Strong second-half by LeBron James leads Heat past Rockets 113-110
HOUSTON— Perhaps LeBron James was just keeping this bottled up for when the Miami Heat needed it most. James had yet to post a dominant scoring game this season. That all changed Monday night against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. James scored 32 of his game-high 38 points in the second half, including the [...]
An energized Dwyane Wade leads Heat past Pistons
MIAMI— Dwyane Wade, old? It was more like the Dwyane Wade of old. At least it appeared that way in the first half of the Miami Heat’s 105-78 preseason victory against the Detroit Pistons Thursday at AmericanAirlines Arena. Wade scored 21 points, including 15 in the first half. “We’ve been seeing these burst in practices,” [...]
Norris Cole leads Heat to summer-league win over Lakers
By Shandel Richardson Sun Sentinel 11:17 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2012 LAS VEGAS — This is why Norris Cole is here. Cole showed Monday he has made an effort to become a better facilitator in the Miami Heat’s 106-56 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Summer League at Thomas & Mack Center. [...]
FIU law school leads for students passing bar exam
By Scott Travis September 27, 2011 08:00 AM If you graduate from Florida International University’s law schools, you have a 9 in 10 chance of passing the bar exam, the latest results would indicate. FIU leads the state with an 89.6 percent passage rate, squeaking ahead of the University of Florida, with 89.1 percent, according [...]
