MIAMI —— LeBron James is entitled to his opinion. To those saying he is playing the best basketball of his life, James begs to differ. “Of my life? No,” James said. “Not in my life.” James called his senior year of high school his peak year, but he’s putting together arguably the best season of [...]
Heat not on Forbes’ 50 most valuable sports franchises list
NFL owners have to be feeling pretty smug with a new collective bargaining agreement tucked away in their back pockets for the next 10 years. Not only did they walk away with a bigger slice of the $ 9 billion in annual revenues, they were already doing quite well indeed, despite claims to the contrary. [...]
UF, FSU among Forbes’ list of top best college buys
By Scott Travis August 8, 2011 04:12 PM Tuition at Florida’s universities has been rising steeply in recent years, but the state still has many of the best bargains for a college education, according to a new survey from Forbes Magazine. Four Florida schools placed in the top 20 of the magazine’s “Top 100 Best [...]
LeBron, D-Wade drop off top 10 most marketable list
The nationwide disdain directed toward the Miami Heat as they lost the NBA Finals led to a steep decline in the endorsement potential of their biggest stars. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have fallen out of the top 10 most marketable NBA players since the Finals, according to a Nieslen/E-Poll. Dirk Nowitzki, who led the [...]
NBA lockout even impacts Chris Bosh wedding list
By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 7:23 p.m. EDT, July 1, 2011 MIAMI— While Chris Bosh’s recent “Hangover” style bachelor party has been well chronicled across the web, his South Florida wedding later this month became a bit more complicated by the lockout. Under lockout rules, the NBA has banned contact between players and [...]
Mavs (not Heat) get to read Letterman Top 10 list | Video
by: Ira Winderman June 16th, 2011 | 10:07 AM To the victors go the late-night spoils. So Tuesday night, with American fixated on hockey (and burning cars), the Mavericks, who recently won some sort of basketball tournament, got their crack at the Top 10 list courtesy of David Letterman (we were watching Conan at the [...]
