It’s been a couple of weeks since the Heat was rudely dismissed from the playoffs by the Philadelphia 76ers. Though the result of the series doesn’t tell the entire story of how close the games against the Sixers were, one thing is certain as the Heat enters the offseason: Miami isn’t close to being a serious contender, and it won’t be in the conversation for an NBA title anytime soon.
This time of year usually brings a sense of optimism to every NFL fan base. As teams add exciting new players in the draft and sign established talent in free agency, coaches and owners always seem to have solved all the teams’ problems by May. Everyone is undefeated, and nearly every team is picked by someone as this year’s potential sleeper that will come out of nowhere to win the Super Bowl.
Charles Barkley thinks the Miami Heat sucks and Dwyane Wade is embarrassing himself. He said these things this week, and it’s nowhere near the first time he’s spoken ill of D-Wade.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez still has two years left of his final term, but now is the time to start identifying the best candidate to replace him in 2020. For my money, it’s Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert.
The Miami Dolphins are putting all of their eggs in Ryan Tannehill’s basket this season. They made that clear when they failed to select a quarterback in the NFL Draft. Everyone — from head coach Adam Gase to president of operations Mike Tannenbaum — has hitched their jobs to the health and performance of Tannehill this season.
Pat Riley has not only reinvented the Miami Heat roster numerous times in his two-plus decades running the team, but also, for all intents and purposes, invented the Heat. Riley repeatedly has taken the ordinary and made it extraordinary. Past or present, he is the Miami Heat. Without him, everything is different.
Based on everything he’s said since the end of the playoffs, Dwyane Wade is beginning to seriously contemplate whether to return to the Miami Heat for his 16th season in the NBA. As greedy local fans, we hope Wade decides to run it back one more time — if only so Miami can embrace an entire season of properly soaking in his victory lap. We’d like more time to say goodbye.
The Miami Heat has what many longtime South Florida sports fans would readily identify as a “Miami Dolphins problem.” The Heat thinks it’s close to being a contender for a championship when in reality the team is as close to the bottom as it is to the top. A simple glance up and down the rosters of Miami’s opponents shows…
Since the offseason began, the Miami Dolphins have been cleaning house. Fans tuning into the NFL Draft tonight expecting the Fins to get the pieces they need to make a playoff run are in for a rude awakening, though. This will be a rebuilding year for Miami’s pro-football franchise.
Jonathan Vilma, a former NFL linebacker and defensive star on the University of Miami’s 2001 national championship team, seems to think being a Miami Hurricanes fan means turning into an Uncle Tom.
When the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat take the court tomorrow night in Philly, much more than a first-round playoff series is at stake. The Heat’s goal will be to bring the series back to Miami for a Game 6, while the Sixers are looking to complete a gentlemen’s sweep of the Heat, wrap up the series at home 4-1, and get a chance to recover from what has been a taxing series for both teams.
Football pros talk in macho clichés, so most sports columnists might get a pass for crafting a tortured metaphor out of an Adam Gase line about wanting “alpha dogs” on the Miami Dolphins. But Armando Salguero isn’t most sports columnists.
After getting their asses handed to them by the 76ers in Saturday’s 130-103 Game 1 loss, the Heat entered Monday’s Game 2 needing a hero. They needed someone to step up and meet each Sixers basket with a basket of his own. They needed a familiar face to turn back the clock and make big-time plays in a big-time game. They needed leadership and strength.
This past Saturday night, the Miami Heat got absolutely dominated by the Philadelphia 76ers, who won Game 1 of their first-round playoff matchup 130-103. Tonight, the Heat has a chance to put that embarrassment behind the team in Game 2.
Once again, gun violence and murder intersect at the Liberty Square apartment complex, better known as the Pork n’ Beans. On April 8, two young men were killed and another were two injured while they chilled outside a row of apartments at NW 63rd Street and 13th Place. Witnesses heard…
Superman versus Batman. Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier. Freddy versus Jason. The Miami Heat “culture” versus the Philadelphia 76ers “process.” The Heat’s Saturday-night, first-round playoff matchup is the proverbial immovable object versus the unstoppable force. Something. Must. Give. It’s time for the big-boy pants.
The Miami Marlins are just awful. They’re worse than Devin Nunes, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Pharma Bro. They probably won’t challenge the famed 1899 Cleveland Spiders for worst-ever MLB record, but no one would really be shocked if they did!
Do you want to talk about dreaming big? Imagine Dwyane Wade hoisting his fourth championship trophy above his head in June. Imagine sticking the landing and sending off the greatest athlete in South Florida sports history in the most amazing way.
The media pitchforks have come out for Sinclair Broadcast Group, the conservative, pro-Trump company that owns the most local TV stations across the United States. But Sinclair wouldn’t be the force it is today without Bill Clinton and Barack Obama helping the company grow along the way.
ESPN NFL Draft expert Todd McShay released his latest mock draft Wednesday, and if his predictions come true, the Miami Dolphins will be sending a clear message to Ryan Tannehill: Start looking for a good real-estate agent, because your time in Miami is almost up. If McShay’s prediction is correct…
Late last week, things between Marlins Man and his beloved home team got messy. Miami lawyer Laurence Leavy, better known as “Marlins Man” after getting prime TV seats at sporting events nationwide in his Day-Glo orange jersey, announced that for the first time in 25 years, he wouldn’t be paying for Marlins season tickets.
Heat fans should hope the team draws LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs this year. It’s meant to be. It’s needed to make the universe right. Without a Heat-Cavs LeBron-Wade series, there will forever be a void no other matchup can fill.
