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NBA Finals
8:40 am
Mon June 17, 2013

The Story Behind A Rather Unique Miami Heat Pep Talk

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By Julia Duba

The quality of the video is low budget and low sound quality but high energy.

A guy is standing in his bedroom with his hair gelled up. He’s wearing a Dwyane Wade jersey. “Guys, Miami, you know what time it is and you know I had to make another video!" he exclaims. "The 2013 playoffs are back! The Miami Heat. The greatest season ever! And I got my money on it that we going to win the championship again!” 

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NBA Finals
7:00 am
Thu June 13, 2013

The Birdman Cometh And The Heat Fans Loveth

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The Miami Heat's Chris "Birdman" Andersen has quickly become a fan favorite, and has earned the respect of his teammates.
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The "Other Birdman" -- Steven Benson of Fort Lauderdale.
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Robbie LaStrella of Miami proudly wears Andersen's number 11 and flaps his arms to prove it.
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Boca Raton's Michael Mintz sports Dracula wig and silk screened shirt in tribute to the Birdman.
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Miami's Frank Colminares sports the Birdman spike.
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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 the coming months.

The story of his NBA reclamation may even beg for a script.

“That’s already a movie. That’s Back to the Future ain't it?” quips the festooned Andersen after a recent practice.

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NBA Finals
7:44 am
Mon June 10, 2013

Heat Swarm Like Piranhas To Beat Spurs In Game Two

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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 waxed.

Two plays later Lebron slammed a two-handed dunk off a steal, and it was at that moment you knew the Heat were relentlessly swarming, like a school of frenzied piranhas, and they would not be defeated. Not there and not then.

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Flawed But Fabulous
8:18 am
Fri June 7, 2013

Why Miami Heat Fans Must Find Solace In First Loss

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Tony Parker's miraculous game-winning shot during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.
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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 electrifying dunk by Dwyane Wade followed by nine unanswered points and then a grinding hustle to get back in the game. We, as fans, must live and die with the unremitting arc of sports narrative and the sorrowful nosedives of emotion. The 2013 Miami Heat are like Agony and Ecstasy coming over for a dinner party to your apartment. 

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Commentary
1:27 pm
Wed June 5, 2013

Why As The Heat Get Better (Or Worse) So Do We

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Trophy presentation after the Miami Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on June 3. Chris Bosh is holding his one-year-old son, Jackson.
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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.

In even more fortunate cases, those sporting events coincide with good times. Or perhaps, it’s no coincidence.   

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Community Contributor
7:00 am
Tue June 4, 2013

The Hidden Truths Behind Publicly Funded Stadium Deals

The Miami Dolphins sought tax money to upgrade SunLife Stadium.
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By Sid Kaskey

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.   

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Oklahoma City
1:00 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

South Florida Offers Help, Hope To Oklahoma Tornado Victims

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Our biggest rivals in the NBA? No matter. When tragedy strikes we stand together.
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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 history, notably Hurricane Andrew in August of 1992, which we recently revisited in a radio documentary.

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NBA Dreams
4:14 pm
Fri January 25, 2013

At $17.5 Million A Year, LeBron James Is Underpaid

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A bargain at $17.5 million a year.
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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 12:29 pm

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 Oklahoma.

James used to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers. When he left, the value of the team fell by tens of millions of dollars — and the value of his new team, the Miami Heat, rose by tens of millions. The economists I talked to said James should be making closer to $40 million a year.

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