LeBron takes muted approach to latest Cleveland return

CLEVELAND—    With coach Erik Spoelstra giving his team Tuesday off, it gave Miami Heat forward and Akron native LeBron James ample opportunity to spend time in familiar places. But when it comes to Wednesday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, there won’t be many familiar faces.    Wednesday’s game marks James’ fourth return to Quicken [...]

LeBron takes to Twitter on hairline, Bayless, FSU

   To say LeBron James’ personal clock is out of whack would be an understatement.    After a worldwide whirlwind that included two weeks in London at the Olympics followed his just-completed promotional tour of China, the Miami Heat forward found himself up early Sunday, finally with some free time. So he took to Twitter [...]

LeBron James takes charge for Heat again in Game 3

LeBron James stood at the foul line with America waiting. He had missed his first free throw with 16.2 seconds left. Didn’t matter he’d lugged the Heat this far. Didn’t matter he led them in points and rebounds yet another night. America’s storyline involves the floating statistics on LeBron’s ends. He’s missed all three shots [...]

Wardrobe malfunction takes Wade to changing room

MIAMI—   Like any proud, macho, virile professional athlete, Dwyane Wade puts his Spanx on one leg at a time.   Huh? Wait. What?   OK, he simply got his undergarments caught in a bunch.   No, that doesn’t seem to work, either.   So how did the Miami Heat All-Star guard go from a [...]

LeBron’s mom takes plea deal in valet battery case

By David Ovalle, The Miami Herald 12:36 p.m. EST, March 5, 2012 MIAMI— Prosecutors on Monday dropped a misdemeanor battery charge against Gloria Marie James, the mother of Heat star LeBron James, and she will complete community service for a charge of disorderly intoxication. Miami Beach police arrested Gloria James in April after she got [...]

Derrick Rose takes blame for Bulls’ loss to Heat

MIAMI— The good news for Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is they play Monday against the Washington Wizards. That gives him no time to think about what happened in Sunday’s 97-93 loss to the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena. With the Bulls trailing by one, Rose missed two free throws with 28 seconds remaining. It [...]

Derrick Rose takes blame for Bulls’ loss to Heat

MIAMI— The good news for Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose is they play Monday against the Washington Wizards. That gives him no time to think about what happened in Sunday’s 97-93 loss to the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena. With the Bulls trailing by one, Rose missed two free throws with 28 seconds remaining. It [...]

Charles Barkley takes shot at Heat on SNL ( Video )

By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 12:13 p.m. EST, January 8, 2012 (TO COMMENT, CLICK ON “COMMENTS” TOP LEFT)— Charles Barkley hosted “Saturday Night Live” this week, so you just knew the Heat would stand as a prime target. No sooner did Barkley begin to promote his “postgame translator app,” then you knew what [...]

LeBron James balks, then takes a dive (Video)

by: Ira Winderman August 23rd, 2011 | 4:11 PM The goal all along has been to reach new heights. Unless, of course, they’re of Olympics proportions. That’s the level LeBron James found himself during his recent visit to the 1992 Olympic diving venue in Barcelona. Then? Then it took a bit of prodding, but off [...]

Dwyane Wade takes time to appreciate fatherhood

MIAMI— For Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, Sunday removes some of the sting of a week that included coming up short in the NBA Finals. For the first time on a Father’s Day, Wade will have sole custody of his two young sons. It is a commitment to fatherhood that was noted on a pair [...]

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