Birdman, Cole spark Heat 98-86 over Bucks to 2-0 lead

Miami Heat star LeBron James talks about a slow start, Dwyane Wade flying, and the fourth quarter run. MIAMI—    Dwyane Wade tried, playing with a rejuvenated hop in his step. LeBron James tried, filling the box score through three periods. Chris Bosh tried, coming alive with a third-quarter scoring burst on an otherwise dormant [...]

LeBron leads Heat to 110-87 victory, 1-0 lead over Bucks

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 [...]

Riley blasts Celtics’ Ainge over comments about LeBron

NEW ORLEANS—   Those violent blows absorbed Wednesday by LeBron James were nothing compared to the haymaker Miami Heat President Pat Riley threw Friday at Boston Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge.    In the wake of James complaining about dangerous fouls committed by the Chicago Bulls in Wednesday’s Heat loss at the United Center, Ainge [...]

Heat rally again in 103-89 victory over Pistons, streak at 25

MIAMI—    Down at the end of the first quarter? Check.    Trailing at halftime? Yup.    Behind by seven in the third quarter? Seemingly wouldn’t have it any other way.    To a degree, at least by recent Miami Heat standards, this played out to form.    The winning streak is now 25, because [...]

Intruder runs up to LeBron amid Heat win over Cavs

By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 12:17 a.m. EDT, March 21, 2013 CLEVELAND—    It’s happened before, LeBron James said, including once, he said, while with the Cleveland Cavaliers against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.    Wednesday night, it happened again, a fan getting on the court amid play, this time [...]

Heat run streak to 22 with win over Raptors

By Shandel Richardson, Sun Sentinel 3:20 p.m. EDT, March 17, 2013 TORONTO — For a brief moment, it appeared the streak was in jeopardy. And then the Miami Heat showed why they have won so many games in succession. After the Toronto Raptors rallied to tie the score early in the fourth quarter, the Heat [...]

LeBron struggles, but Heat push win streak to 13, 98-91 over Grizzlies

MIAMI—   The early returns in his candidacy for March Player of the Month were shaky, to say the least.    Hours earlier named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the fourth time in as many months this season, there stood LeBron James, 1 of 9 from the field in the fourth quarter, [...]

Heat find a way (barely) in 141-129 OT win over Kings, streak now 12

MIAMI—   We haven’t quite reached the point where the marquee outside AmericanAirlines Arena reads: Heat vs. Heat.   But we might be getting there, the Miami Heat seemingly devising challenges for themselves to maintain interest over these final two months of the regular season as they pull away from the pack in the Eastern Conference.   [...]

Justice Department reaches settlement with PB schools over enrollment discrimination

Karen Yi, Sun Sentinel 6:00 p.m. EST, February 26, 2013 The Justice Department announced Tuesday it had reached a settlement with the Palm Beach County school district to prevent future discrimination practices in student enrollment and student discipline. The department had investigated complaints that the district would not enroll students based on what country their [...]

Heat blow 22-point lead, come back for 109-105 win over Cavs

MIAMI—   Amid the drudgery of this back-to-back weekend set of games against the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat needed something to get their attention.    They got it in the third quarter of Sunday night’s 109-105 victory over the Cavs at AmericanAirlines Arena, when Cleveland roared back from a 22-point deficit [...]

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