Heat’s Erik Spoelstra second in Coach of the Year voting

Unhappy Spoelstra

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra talks to the referees during the fourth quarter of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Game against the Chicago Bulls, Monday, May 6, 2013. (Michael Laughlin / Sun Sentinel / May 6, 2013) By Shandel Richardson, Sun Sentinel 12:12 p.m. EDT, May 8, 2013 MIAMI — It is perhaps the one [...]

LeBron second in vote for NBA Defensive Player of Year

Miami Heat star LeBron James talks about a slow start, Dwyane Wade flying, and the fourth quarter run. MILWAUKEE—    Miami Heat forward LeBron James essentially was recognized Wednesday as the NBA’s top perimeter defender, just not as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.    In the balloting of league media, James finished second [...]

Video: Winderman on Kobe vs. LeBron, Heat’s second half

Tweet What can be made of Kobe’s defensive efforts against LeBron James in the NBA All-Star Game? CineSport’s Noah Coslov and the Sun Sentinel’s Ira Winderman discuss the second half of the season. Get More Heat at SUN-SENTINEL.com

Heat lose to Pacers for second time, falling 102-89

INDIANAPOLIS –— This is why Erik Spoelstra refused to discuss it earlier. He was asked earlier in the day about this being a chance for him to clinch being named coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Spoelstra ignored the question by smartly answering, “it should be a pretty good game tonight.” Indeed, it was. [...]

Heat better prepared for second White House visit

MIAMI — — This time, the Miami Heat will make the proper preparations. On Monday, they will bring a basketball pumped full of air when they visit the White House to commemorate their 2012 NBA championship. The reason is so President Obama avoids the same fate as his predecessor in 2006, when the Heat visited [...]

NBA CHAMPIONS!: Heat silence Thunder to win second title LeBron’s ‘wow’ moment opened eyes to championship reality

MIAMI—    “Wow.”    That was Dwyane Wade’s reaction.    Not after Thursday night, after LeBron James completed a two-month run through the playoffs as dynamic as anything heretofore offered by Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and all the others who many said James might never become.   This “wow” did not come amid [...]

Lakers, Kobe Bryant roll 93-83, as Heat lose second in row

LOS ANGELES— There was no fight, no bloody response for Dwyane Wade’s nose-breaking foul on Kobe Bryant during last Sunday’s All-Star Game. But there was plenty of fight from both sides Sunday in an entertaining, emotional, energetic display that left the Miami Heat with their first losing streak since a three-game slide in mid-January. Outmuscled [...]

Heat re-sign Mickell Gladness to second 10-day contract

By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 2:50 p.m. EST, February 28, 2012 MIAMI—   The Miami Heat wound up shorthanded only one game.   Tuesday, as they regrouped at AmericanAirlines Arena for their first practice following the All-Star break, the Heat re-signed rookie center Mickell Gladness to a second 10-day contract, putting the roster [...]

Is Chris Bosh the second best forward in the East?

(TO COMMENT, CLICK ON “COMMENTS” TOP LEFT)— The formal announcement of All-Star starters comes this evening. That’s when LeBron James and Dwyane Wade will move front and center, while Chris Bosh takes his familiar place in the shadows. Unless the fan voting takes a dramatic turn from the previously announced early returns, Wade will take [...]

Barbieri announces run for second term on Palm Beach County School Board

During Palm Beach County School Board Chairman Frank Barbieri’s first term, he practically wrestled former Superintendent Art Johnson to the ground and was the first leader to shoot down controversial former Chief Academic Officer Jeffrey Hernandez. Are voters ready for an encore? Barbieri, 61, started his 2012 re-election bid on Wednesday, saying he has a [...]

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