At $17.5 Million A Year, LeBron James Is Underpaid
LeBron James is arguably the best player in the NBA. His salary is $17.5 million a year. He's worth much, much more."He's getting hosed," says Kevin Grier, an economist from the University of...
View ArticleSouth Florida Offers Help, Hope To Oklahoma Tornado Victims
When devastation on the scale of what we are seeing in Oklahoma City hits, the whole world feels the pain.Especially in Miami, where we have had our city leveled and destroyed at various times in our...
View ArticleThe Hidden Truths Behind Publicly Funded Stadium Deals
Editor's Note: WLRN-Miami Herald News asked members of the Public Insight Network to respond to the news that South Florida would not host Super Bowl 50 and 51.
View ArticleWhy As The Heat Get Better (Or Worse) So Do We
There are few events in life that bring communities together. In many instances they are disasters, like hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes. But in some happier examples, they are sporting events.
View ArticleWhy Miami Heat Fans Must Find Solace In First Loss
The opening sequence of last night’s NBA finals game against the San Antonio Spurs summed up the Miami Heat’s 2013 season under the big three of Lebron James, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade.An...
View ArticleHeat Swarm Like Piranhas To Beat Spurs In Game Two
Poor Tiago Splitter. He tried so hard to make a teeny dunk. When the Spurs starting center went up to throw one down on Lebron James with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Brazilian got...
View ArticleThe Birdman Cometh And The Heat Fans Loveth
Chris “Birdman” Andersen was circling the NBA’s proverbial trash heap when he was picked up by the Heat in January. And no one could have predicted the impact he would have for the defending champs in...
View ArticleWin Or Lose Game Seven, This Heat Fan Will Enjoy The Ride
I am a Miamian. Miami is and will always be my hometown. I graduated from Miami Central High School, Miami Dade Junior College and Florida Atlantic University. And basketball is and will always be my...
View ArticleMiami Wins Back-To-Back NBA Championships, James MVP
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.By now, you might have heard, for the second straight year the Miami...
View ArticleMiami Heat Fans Share A Moment Of Pure Bliss, Again
Game Seven was beautiful.Yet again the Heat turned us all into a stunning supernova of clanky pots and clinky pans. Everyone exhale. After the textbook magnificence of Game Seven, Miami is alive and...
View ArticleThe Florida Roundup: Should The Miami Heat Get More Public Money?
Our panel of journalists will tackle two four-letter words: Heat and jobs.The Miami Heat won back-to-back NBA Championships after defeating the San Antonio Spurs Thursday night, 95-88.Meanwhile, team...
View ArticleThe Story Behind A Rather Unique Miami Heat Pep Talk
The quality of the video is low budget and low sound quality but high energy.
View ArticleMiami Hotel Empties Its Kitchen For Downtown Heat Parade
This is the Stradivarius of pots and pans, an entire orchestra of them.The InterContinental Miami temporarily pulled the culinary accoutrements from its executive kitchen to help celebrate the Miami...
View ArticleWe 'Ain't Got No Worries': The Miami Heat Keep Eyes on The Future
Towards the end of Game Six we were already dead.
View ArticleTwo Heat Championships Later, All Of Florida Becomes A Basketball Town
There’s now proof that South Florida has become a basketball town. In fact, after two Miami Heat championships, all of Florida seems to be smitten by LeBron’s team.That’s at least according to data...
View ArticleKids Go Swimming With The Miami Heat's James Jones
Learning to swim isn’t always fun. It requires antagonizing months of adults throwing you in the water without floaties, expecting you to flap your way to the other side of the pool.But learning how to...
View ArticleWATCH: Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra's Philippines Relief PSA
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is helping to spearhead an effort to get money to Typhoon Haiyan victims.Spoelstra's mother is from the Philippines and he has held several basketball camps and clinics...
View ArticleWhat Do You Think Of The Dancing Lady In Miami's Skyline?
If you’ve spent any time on the MacArthur Causeway this past year, you’ve seen the 200-foot tall, shimmying silhouette of the dancing lady on the side of the Intercontinental Hotel.The giant,...
View ArticleDwyane Wade's Personal Chef Richard Ingraham
05/01/14 - Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and Bonnie Berman interview Chef Richard Ingraham, personal chef to Dwyane Wade. He talks about what he...
View ArticleKevin Durant's Emotional NBA MVP Acceptance Speech
[Youtube]In accepting his first MVP award, Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant made a point of sharing the honor with those who made it possible.In a soul-baring speech that lasted more than 25 minutes,...
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