Re-Heated Rivalry

The regular season is winding down, but the Miami Heat’s nastiest rivalry is just picking up steam. With the Knicks wallowing in mediocrity, bouncing between the eighth and seventh seeds in the Eastern Conference, the Heat needed a worthy opponent to compete with and properly hate. Then came last year,…

Heat Sweep the Knicks, Win Southeast Division

The Miami Heat went into Madison Square Garden yesterday for the first and only time this regular season, and proceeded to mash the spleens of the New York Knickerbockers to the tune of 93-85, snapping New York’s nine-game home-winning streak, sweeping the season series against the Knicks and taking the…

In Search of Theatre and Art at a Marlins Game

You may think that there’s an appreciable difference in going to see a play at Actors Playhouse or GableStage and going to catch a ballgame at Marlins Park. But you’d be wrong. Mostly. A Miami Marlins game is every bit as much theatre as something written by Tracy Letts or…

Heat Get Nothing From Bench, Lose to Bulls in OT

Holy shit bananas, that was rough.The Miami Heat dropped a gut-wrenching loss to the Chicago Bulls 96-86 in overtime last night.And while the game is meaningless in terms of overall playoff importance, it still feels like Heat fans got their collective cocks slammed in a Metrobus door. WILL SOMEONE START…

Jordan’s Folly

The Miami Heat needs a little motivation right now. They’ve been a giant pile of ass when they’ve played on the road lately. Their point guards have been abysmal, and the Big Three are getting no help from the bench. With only nine games to go before the playoffs kick…

Heat Loses to the Celtics at Home, Falls Three Games Behind Number One Seed

LeBron James scored a game-high 36 points last night, while the rest of the Miami Heat stood and watched as the Boston Celtics shot 60 percent from the floor in yet another listless-shit-the-bed-let’s-all-go-outside-and-punt-a-litter-of-kittens-loss by the Heat.Rajon Rondo once again had his way against the Heat defense, dishing out 18 assists…

Can We Start the Playoffs Already?

March was a cruel month for your Miami Heat. Just as they entered the All-Star break, looking like an unstoppable basketball force, they came out for the second half of the season looking like a horde of hung-over zombies. A wicked road trip saw them battered and bruised at the…

All in the Family

Alliance Lab’s Off Center of Nowhere, now playing at the Main Street Playhouse, can best be described as Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner meets All in the Family with a splash of the film Crash. It’s funny, poignant, and at one point, deadly serious. But that kind of emotional roller-coaster…

Heat Clinch Playoff Berth With 16th Consecutive Home Win

Weirdly enough, the Miami Heat only play like a bag of shit on the road, because they remain as dominant as ever at home. LeBron James dropped a season-high 41 points — 15 in the fourth quarter — as the Heat took down the Philadelphia 76ers 99-93 last night, winning their…

New Theatre’s Property Line Is Fear and Loathing In Miami

Juan C. Sanchez’s Property Line, which had its world premier last night for New Theatre at the Roxy Performing Arts Center, is a funny, briskly structured, and character-driven tale of loss, culture clash, and possession set in Miami.Sanchez, who is a New World School of the Arts grad, and a…

Heat Beats the Suns With a Furious Fourth-Quarter Comeback

For pretty much the entirety of last night’s game against the Phoenix Suns, the Miami Heat played basketball like old people fuck. Winners of their last four games, the Suns came in shooting lights-out and playing suffocating defense. Dwyane Wade was shut down by Grant Hill, while LeBron James was…

Flying With Blue Eyes

Never got a chance to see Frank Sinatra perform live? Don’t fret! Because thanks to Come Fly Away, the Broadway musical hit from the mind of Tony Award winning choreographer Twlya Tharp, Sinatra’s music and voice are superbly brought to life with a live band, spectacle and dance. 15 of…

Magic Formula

Last month, with just two weeks to go before the All Star break, the Miami Heat were throttled by the Orlando Magic and their high-flying three-point shooting assault. The Heat gave up 102 points to a team that both has a disgruntled star playing for it, and lives and dies…