Subject: New York Knicks

• Zo's da Man!

  November 24, 2005

• News Roundup

  October 30, 2008

• Penguins Are Cool

  January 4, 2007

• Prey on This

  December 7, 2006

• Any Which Way You Caan

  September 9, 1992

• News Round Up

  Bill Clinton dropped by Miami on Friday night and helped Kendrick Meek raise $300,000 for his Senate race. [Naked Politics]That thing we posted about the 2014 Governor's race already having front runners is legit. Boy wonder Republican Congressman Adam Putnam announced he'd give up his legislative seat and run for Agriculture Commissioner in 2010. [Ledger]What? A local former priest caught with dirty picture of little boys on his computers? Next you're going to tell me their are Republican polit

  February 2, 2009

• News Roundup

  LocalA policeman sped through an intersection and hit a young mother's car, ramming it into the side of a house. The woman died, and a lady inside the house was taken to the emergency room. The officer was following a car whose driver was wanted for speeding. [Herald]Michelle Spence Jones is playing hardball with the stadium deal. But hey, we had it first. . [CBS4]If you didn't think HIV/AIDS was still a problem, which surprisingly a lot of people don't, well NEWS FLASH: It's still a problem. [H

  March 2, 2009

• Program Notes 13

  July 13, 1994

• It’s All About the Seeding

  April 9, 2009

• FIU Reportedly Hires Worst Coach/GM/Human Being in NBA History. Welcome to Miami, Isiah!

  So, Florida International University canned its basketball coach yesterday after a 13-20 campaign, reportedly so the school can replace him later today with a man more hated in New York City than the Red Sox and Patriots combined: the one, the only... dramatic pause... Isiah Thomas! via Wikimedia CommonsRiptide hasn't seen FIU's job listing for the coaching vacancy, but if this hire is true, they were apparently looking for that special someone who: Did his best to destroy the premier fra

  April 14, 2009

• His Blood Is Like Gatorade

  March 12, 2009

• Isiah Who?

  April 23, 2009

• Riled

  November 22, 2007

• Bigg D, Bigg Music

  August 16, 2007

• Knick It in the Bud

  November 16, 2006

• Light and Heat

  January 18, 2007

• Night&Day

  December 30, 2004

• Effloresce and Deliquesce

  December 9, 2004

• Self Contained

  September 23, 2004

• BEST TERMINATION (SPORTS)

  May 13, 2004

• Hudson Hawked

  February 6, 2003

• Riley as Patton

  January 2, 2003

• Best Heat Player

  May 17, 2001

• Comedy Central

  August 17, 2000

• Land of the Rich and Home of the White

  May 25, 2000

• Best Heat Player Emeritus

  May 11, 2000

• Best Sports Bar Disguised As A Pretty Darn Good Italian Restaurant

  May 11, 2000

• The Camera Loves Them

  November 19, 1998

• A Cocked Pistol

  July 17, 1997

• Mr. Basketball

  March 27, 1997

• Tricky Bricked It

  November 3, 1993

• Dear Stephen A. Smith, We Have a Job for You

  Now that you're out of a job too, why not come work for us?

  April 20, 2009

• The Book of Isiah

  October 22, 2009

• Isiah Thomas 'Hurt' that Magic Johnson Would Get Upset About Having his Sexuality Questioned

  via We Are The Postman​Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas used to be such good friends they exchanged kisses on the cheek when the Lakers met the Pistons in the 1988 NBA Final, but in a new book due to be released November 4th Johnson admits that there's been bad blood between the two since the early 1990's. In "When The Game Was Ours", a book chronicling the Lakers-Celtics-Pistons rivalry that dominated the NBA in the pre-Jordan era co-written by Johnson, Larry Bird and sportswriter Jac

  October 22, 2009

• Taking the Temperature of The Heat: Luke Warm at Best

  Is this the last year in Dade for Dwyane Wade? Can Michael Beasley overcome his Twitter and TMZ problems to prove that he deserves that starting slot? These are the questions on the minds of Heat fans on the day of the season opener. Not, noticeably, "are we going to win another championship? How about the division?" Who's ready for another lukewarm season of Heat basketball? Luckily they kick things off tonight at home against the New York Knicks, who are still, against all odds,

  October 28, 2009

• Taking the Temperature of The Heat: Luke Warm at Best

  Is this the last year in Dade for Dwyane Wade? Can Michael Beasley overcome his Twitter and TMZ problems to prove that he deserves that starting slot? These are the questions on the minds of Heat fans on the day of the season opener. Not, noticeably, "are we going to win another championship? How about the division?" Who's ready for another lukewarm season of Heat basketball? Luckily they kick things off tonight at home against the New York Knicks, who are still, against all odds,

  October 28, 2009

• Taking the Temperature of The Heat: Luke Warm at Best

  Is this the last year in Dade for Dwyane Wade? Can Michael Beasley overcome his Twitter and TMZ problems to prove that he deserves that starting slot? These are the questions on the minds of Heat fans on the day of the season opener. Not, noticeably, "are we going to win another championship? How about the division?" Who's ready for another lukewarm season of Heat basketball? Luckily they kick things off tonight at home against the New York Knicks, who are still, against all odds,

  October 28, 2009

• Taking the Temperature of The Heat: Luke Warm at Best

  Is this the last year in Dade for Dwyane Wade? Can Michael Beasley overcome his Twitter and TMZ problems to prove that he deserves that starting slot? These are the questions on the minds of Heat fans on the day of the season opener. Not, noticeably, "are we going to win another championship? How about the division?" Who's ready for another lukewarm season of Heat basketball? Luckily they kick things off tonight at home against the New York Knicks, who are still, against all odds,

  October 28, 2009

• Taking the Temperature of The Heat: Luke Warm at Best

  Is this the last year in Dade for Dwyane Wade? Can Michael Beasley overcome his Twitter and TMZ problems to prove that he deserves that starting slot? These are the questions on the minds of Heat fans on the day of the season opener. Not, noticeably, "are we going to win another championship? How about the division?" Who's ready for another lukewarm season of Heat basketball? Luckily they kick things off tonight at home against the New York Knicks, who are still, against all odds,

  October 28, 2009

• Taking the Miami Heat's Temperature: Lukewarm at Best

  Is this the last year in Dade for Dwyane Wade? Can Michael Beasley overcome his Twitter and TMZ problems to prove he deserves that starting slot? These are the questions on the minds of Heat fans the day of the season opener. Not, noticeably, "Are we going to win another championship? How about the division?" Who's ready for another lukewarm season of Heat basketball? Luckily, the team kicks things off tonight at home against the New York Knicks, who are still, against all odds, r

  October 28, 2009

• News Roundup

  GeneralBoston-area investor Dennis Stackhouse has been arrested and charged with bilking almost $1 million from a county-supported plan to build a biotech business park in Liberty City. [Herald]After a large amount of cases of swine flu this past spring, there haven't been many cases reported in Miami-Dade this fall, but they still might come, so clutch your Purell bottle in fear. [Herald]Hialeah Racetrack will reopen within a month. [CBS4]Burger King's earnings and sales are down. [Bloomberg]Po

  October 29, 2009

• Top Five Dream Miami Heat Lineups for 2010

  Photo by Keith Allison, via Flickr​Running off the pure optimism of Wednesday night's opening beat-down of the New York Knicks, I present to you the top five Miami Heat starting lineups for the 2010-2011 season.As most fans know, the Heat will have perhaps the best cap space situation in the league next summer to lure free agents, thanks to Pat Riley's admirable discipline in not throwing a bad contract to some schlub this summer just to calm the moronic fan base. Some of that $20-22 million

  October 30, 2009

• Don’t Question the Q

  November 19, 2009

• Isiah Thomas struggles to reshape FIU hoops

  February 11, 2010

• Celebites: LeBron James at STK

  Photo by Riki AltmanCleveland Cavalier's star LeBron James celebrated his last night of the NBA All-Star break with dinner at Miami Beach's latest hotspot, STK. On Tuesday night, the basketball legend was joined by 11 of his friends at the trendy steakhouse. James and his entourage noshed on Lil' Big Mac sliders, strip steaks and truffle French fries. They washed down their decadent meal with bottles of Perrier-Jouet Rose champagne.He might have been celebrating the East's 141-139 victory in the

  February 18, 2010

• No Boozer or Big Trade for Miami; Wade's OK, But Will He Stay?

  It was already clear that we wouldn't be getting Amar'e, but last minute rumors that The Heat might be landing Carlos Boozer from the Utah Jazz appeared to be unfounded."That was like, huh, what?'' Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor said this afternoon, according to the Deseret News.So that means no trade action for The Heat this season, as the deadline for deals was 3 p.m. this afternoon. Though Boozer, like Stoudemire, will likely be available as a free agent this summer.So now The Heat retur

  February 18, 2010

• Luke's Gospel: Fire Erik Spoelstra

  Image via Miami Heat/NBAEMiami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra.​Luther Campbell, AKA Uncle Luke, has never been shy about sharing his opinion. The former frontman for Miami's wonderfully raunchy rap act, 2 Live Crew, made history in 1992 when the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed his right to be as horny as he wants to be. Throughout his controversial career, Campbell has traversed the worlds of politics, sports, and entertainment, so Riptide is providing a forum for his crazy-ass views on current e

  February 22, 2010

• Fire Heat coach Erik Spoelstra

  February 25, 2010

• Dwyane Wade Watch: Could He End up in NYC With LeBron and Bosh?

  via Sports Pure​Let's be honest. The brightest star in the black hole of mediocrity that is the South Florida sports landscape is Dwyane Wade. As we all know, he enters free agency after this season. While we're about 75 percent sure he'll stay with the Heat, the media is going to have a lot of fun concocting wet dreams of where he'll end up, and Riptide isn't going to stand by and let them have all the fun. Welcome to our Dwyane Wade watch.Today, ESPN senior columnist Gene Wojciechowski prese

  February 23, 2010

• Sometimes No Move Is the Best Move of All

  February 18, 2010