by: Ira Winderman November 28th, 2011 | 4:26 PM The problem with the end of the lockout is that traveling, palming, double-dribbling all become violations. Party-poopers, those NBA refs. So before we get back to games that count, games with real rules, a moment to reflect on the only NBA basketball we otherwise had these [...]
Amid lockout, LeBron powder toss thrives on gridiron | VIDEO
November 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
by: Ira Winderman November 20th, 2011 | 7:50 PM The NBA lockout can keep LeBron James off the court. But it can’t keep the powder from raining down. (Even if it’s just imaginary talc.) So Saturday night, it was Southern Cal wide receiver Robert Woods going LeBron after a touchdown against Oregon (with LeBron in [...]
Heat’s Mourning, Bosh, Juwan Howard in Obama lockout game
November 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
The latest lockout offering? The Obama Classic Basketball Game, a fundraising event that apparently will have a Miami Heat flavor. Friday night, BarackObama.com, a fundraising wing, announced that an NBA lockout game will be held Dec. 12 at a yet-to-be-announced venue in Washington, with Miami Heat forwards Chris Bosh and Juwan Howard, as well as [...]
James Jones, Chris Bosh: Heat embrace union move in lockout
November 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
CORAL GABLES, Fla.— As the Miami Heat’s lone representative at the Monday meeting that led to a hardened players’ stance in the NBA lockout, James Jones insisted he did not stand alone. Instead, as secretary-treasurer of what formerly had stood as the players’ union, Jones said Tuesday that he cast the Heat’s vote against the [...]
Lockout puts Heat announcer courtside at different venue
November 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
CORAL SPRINGS — Thirty minutes before he was scheduled to perform, Heat announcer Michael Baiamonte began having flashbacks. The loudspeakers in the Coral Springs Christian gym were blasting a familiar song, one that became synonymous with Heat basketball last season. It’s Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight,” a tune played during the player introductions for [...]
Arison fined $500,000 for Twitter posts about lockout
October 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— As expected, the NBA lowered its lockout hammer Monday on Micky Arison for offering opinions on the ongoing work stoppage on his Twitter account last Friday. NBA spokesman Tim Frank confirmed to the Sun Sentinel that the league has fined the Miami Heat owner. Yahoo reported the sanction was $ 500,000. NBA Commissioner David [...]
Heat owner Micky Arison responds to lockout on Twitter
October 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— At a time when candor has been fleeting from the owners’ side of the NBA lockout, Miami Heat owner Micky Arison offered a healthy dose Friday night on Twitter. In the wake of NBA Commissioner David Stern canceling games through the end of November due to an impasse in the negotiations, Arison began replying [...]
Full 82-game NBA season still possible amid new lockout hope
October 27, 2011 Leave a Comment
A marathon 15-hour negotiating session that did not conclude until after 3 a.m. Thursday has created optimism that a full, 82-game NBA regular-season schedule still could be salvaged from the lockout that has shut down the league since July 1. With negotiators scheduled to resume their talks at 2 p.m. Thursday in New York, both [...]
LeBron James won’t be part of NBA world lockout tour
October 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— The proposed world tour of NBA elite amid the league’s lockout won’t include at least one of the Miami Heat’s Big Three. LeBron James, whose name had been thrown into the mix for the two-week tour that opens Sunday in Puerto Rico and is scheduled to then include stops in London, Macau and Australia, [...]
NBA lockout renders previous Heat schedule obsolete
October 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— That Miami Heat schedule that came out in July? About as useful as tickets to Heat games in November. Even with the union and league poised for a Wednesday resumption of lockout negotiations, the league has confirmed that the schedule issued in July will have to be revised to accommodate a potential delayed resumption [...]