Chicago Bulls

Dwyane Wade Takes a Flamethrower To the Doubters, and Single-Handedly Destroys the Bulls

Dwyane Wade would like us all to talk to his ass. After dealing with an annoying and painful bone bruise in his right knee, and playing like a shell of himself, it seemed that the whispers of his demise came stronger and harder than ever before. We even suggested he should sit out last night's Ga ... More >>

Miami Heat Decides It's Had Enough of the Bulls, Proceeds to Destroy Them

The Chicago Bulls, fresh off having their their asses blown off in Friday's game three, decided to go the ole "HEAD GAMES" route before last night's game four. The Bulls turned the tables on the narrative of this series -- that they can't score, so therefore they need to nail option B, which is to ... More >>

Marc Falsetto of Rok:Brgr Hopes to See More Chefs Taking Culinary Leaps

Tastemaker 17 is Marc Falsetto, founder and CEO of ROK:BRGR Burger Bar and Gastropub in downtown Fort Lauderdale. You've probably noticed that gastropubs serving up craft beers and hand-crafted burgers are pretty popular these days. And for good reason - craft burgers and craft beers are two of th ... More >>

Miami Heat Unleash Hell Fire Vengeance on Bulls in Game Two

O HAI WORLD CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT BASKETBALL After losing by seven to the Chicago Bulls and choking away Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals on Monday, the Heat decided to stuff all the Fucks they could find into giant garden-sized Glad bags, went into the American Airlines Arena for Game 2, ... More >>

Miami Heat Middle Finger Lady Was Once Accused of Killing Her Husband, Is Michael Jordan's Neighbor

Turns out the woman caught shooting an angry bird at the Bulls' Joakim Noah as he walked to the locker room is a Palm Beach socialite named Filomena Tobias. And she has quite the cray story. Along with being a socialite, she's also the widow of hedge-funder Seth Tobias -- her fourth husban ... More >>

Miami Heat Chokes Away Game One Against Bulls

Well now. That was a bit rough. A depleted Chicago Bulls came into the American Airlines Arena for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, saw fans clad in white, watched LeBron James receive his MVP trophy, and then went on to systematically bludgeon the world champs by having Joakim Noah sw ... More >>

LeBron James Passed the Ball to Himself for a Monster Dunk

With the national media crowning the New York Knicks the 2013 NBA Finals Champions this past week, it was easy to forget that the Miami Heat are on the verge of breaking the all-time franchise win mark and clinching homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs. It's also easy to forget that LeBron J ... More >>

Pat Riley Wants the Miami Heat to Keep Destroying the NBA for Another Ten Seasons

As LeBron James has plowed through the league in a Heat uniform, laying waste to NBA teams and haters since arriving in the summer of 2010, one nagging "report" has continued to nag at the center of it all: LeBron might opt out of his 2014 Miami Heat contract and go back to Cleveland! While those i ... More >>

Miami Heat Winning Streak Ends at 27

Last night, the Chicago Bulls finally got revenge for the 1996 game in which a depleted Miami Heat team beat Michael Jordan's 72-win team 113-104 by ending the 2013 Heat's chase for the all-time NBA winning streak. With no Derrick Rose or Joakim Noah, the short-handed Bulls came out swinging agains ... More >>

Dennis Rodman Is Going to the Vatican to Meet the New Pope, Now

When former Chicago Bull/children's book author Dennis Rodman went to North Korea to hang out with Kim Jong Un a couple of weeks ago, he got into trouble with the Obama administration, got the CIA on his case, and almost inadvertently started World War III, maybe. See also: - Dennis Rodman Heading ... More >>

Dennis Rodman to Kim Jong Un: "You Have a Friend for Life"

Earlier this week, we told you about former Chicago Bull, former children's book author, and current sometimes hanger around in bars of South Florida, Dennis Rodman, leading a magical mystery tour to North Korea with a camera crew and a couple of Harlem Globetrotters. No, this was not a trippy drea ... More >>

Dennis Rodman Heading to North Korea; Might Fix Things or Usher Armageddon

Former Chicago Bull, children's book author, and sometimes SoFla resident Dennis Rodman is headed to North Korea as an ambassador for sports diplomacy. Or something. The visit will be on Tuesday, just two weeks after North Korea stirred shit up by testing a nuclear bomb. Rodman will be arriving in ... More >>

Miami Heat Takes Down Bulls, Wins Ninth Straight

The Miami Heat is currently riding a nine-game winning streak through a subtle yet delicate and refined mixture of sound fundamental basketball and relentlessly and mercilessly smashing opponents in the face. The latest victim of the maelstrom of ass-bludgeoning was the Chicago Bulls. Battling thr ... More >>

Obama Welcomes Miami Heat to the White House

President Obama welcomed the Miami Heat to the White House on Monday afternoon to honor the team for kicking everyone's ass in the 2012 NBA Finals. Obama cited a pickup game some of the members of the Heat participated in with the president on his birthday as the real reason the Heat were able to g ... More >>

Heat Fall to the Lowly Washington Wizards, 105-101

This is what happens when the Heat players look like they left all their fucks in their other jeans and those jeans are in the wash. A 105-101 loss to the Washington Wizards, the worst team in all of professional sports: That's what happens. It's nothing new. The Heaters have been lollygagging the ... More >>

Miami Heat Get Their Rings, Take Down Celtics

The Miami Heat kicked off the 2012-12 season last night by first getting their championship rings, and then by sticking a foot into the Celtics' assholes. 'Twas a glorious night indeed. And while traditionally ring ceremony games have been a snoozer, mainly because the team getting their rings we ... More >>

The Cocky Heat Fan's Guide to Why the Miami Heat Will Repeat as NBA Champions

The NBA season kicks off tonight when the Miami Heat hosts the Boston Celtics. But before that, the Heat players will be receiving their championship rings and unveiling their 2011-12 NBA Finals Champions big-ass banner that will hang in the rafters at the American Airlines Arena like a giant pair o ... More >>

Dwyane Wade Leaving Jordan Brand for Chinese Company

Dwyane Wade is officially switching shoe brands. Wade, who has been with Jordan Brand since 2010, is going to start endorsing Beijing-based footwear and apparel company Li-Ning. According to a source, Wade will be leaving Jordan Brand and joining up with Li-Ning, which is the number 2 brand in Chi ... More >>

Dennis Rodman Writes a Children's Book

Dennis Rodman Has Written a Children's Book

Former Chicago Bulls forward, local bar hopper, and occasional wedding-dress wearer Dennis Rodman has apparently written a children's book. The NBA Hall of Famer has teamed up with screenwriter Dustin Warburton, who penned the cinematic masterpiece Spiders 3D to write Dennis the Wild Bull, slated to ... More >>

Heat, Bulls, and Hormones

How a LeBron Hater Learned to Stop Loathing the Miami Heat

It's tough to hate Dwyane Wade. ​Let's get one thing clear: I'm still angry with LeBron James. I think he's arrogant, immature, and full of an inflated sense of importance that was, ironically, fed by years of hero worship in his hometown of Cleveland. His decision to use a nationally televised ES ... More >>

After the First Weekend of NBA Playoffs, Miami Heat New Vegas Favorite

There's a new favorite in town.​One game into this year's NBA playoffs and the Miami Heat are the new Las Vegas favorites to win the championship. Going into this weekend, the two-time defending champion Lakers were still the odds-on favorite, generally going at about 5-to-2 odds in most books.But ... More >>

Were Miami Heat Players Actually Crying After Yesterday's Game?

We know from Tom Hanks' famous quote in A League of Their Own, "There is no crying in baseball!" But is there is crying in basketball?If you believe what Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra had to say after yesterday's close loss to the Bulls, yes, Heat players were shedding tears in the locker room af ... More >>

Waiting to Exhale

Like All Celebrity Couples, LeBron and D-Wade Are Perfect -- and Doomed

Flickr​In what has all the makings of a Faustian bargain, the Heat is on the verge of landing LeBron James to go with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. No matter who is signed to fill the remaining spots on the team's roster, those three players alone make this arguably the most dominant team in the mod ... More >>

Did Wade Sabotage the Bulls in Free Agent Frenzy?

Flickr: ballerbloggerThings are looking up for Dwyane Wade.​All's fair in love, war, and NBA free agency. Hundreds of millions of dollars up in the air, along with countless NBA titles. Dwyane Wade is nothing if not competitive -- and ruthless. Wade has long known that the Chicago Bulls are h ... More >>

Morning Juice: Rain Washes Out Holiday Weekend; D-Wade Fadeaway Jumper?

​Welcome back from the Fourth of July weekend. Here's what's in the local news:Clouds and persistent record-setting rain dampened Independence Day plans. Flooded streets in Hollywood and Miramar, which accumulated more than five inches of rain Monday. [Sun-Sentinel]A Florida Atlantic University re ... More >>

The Daily LeBron: It's a Complete Clusterf&$#

Flickr: dodong17It's still a dream, Heat fans.​Twelve more hours till the stroke of midnight signals a feeding frenzy of NBA execs. They all want LeBron James. And if not him, then Dwyane Wade. And if not him, then Chris Bosh. And on and on. As if it's not already complicated enough, another megas ... More >>

Nobody Knows Where LeBron's Going... Except Us

Flickr: NBA PhotosA dynasty in the making?​In the hunt for the signature of LeBron James, South Florida has suddenly (briefly?) vaulted into the lead. Apparently, there was a "summit" last weekend in Miami, hosted by Dwyane Wade, with Chris Bosh and LeBron James himself in attendance. ESPN is repo ... More >>

Former Cardinal Gibbons Hoops Player Shot Dead in Oakland

Photo: USFDons.comTaylor​Hyman Taylor, the star center for the 2005 Cardinal Gibbons High School basketball team, was murdered Tuesday evening outside an Ikea store in Emeryville, California, on the outskirts of Oakland. Taylor attended the University of San Francisco on a basketball scholarship.A ... More >>

Hysterical D-Wade Rumor of the Year

FlickrThey may be friends, but free agency will point D-Wade and LeBron in opposite directions.​According to an NBA general manager who spoke to ESPN, Dwyane Wade will join LeBron James and Chris Bosh in Chicago next season. I wonder if that unnamed GM is the Chicago Bulls' own Gar Forman, and if ... More >>

Lauderdale's Scottie Pippen to Avoid a Jordanesque Debacle in Hall Speech

At the end of this weekend's interview of former Chicago Bulls Star Scottie Pippen, he's asked about whether he's prepared his Hall of Fame induction speech. "I think I'll call my guy Michael Jordan up," he began -- a moment when all basketball fans should have held their breath or said, "No!!" Beca ... More >>

Wade-ing Game: Will Heat Star Return?

Flickr​Sunday's loss to the Magic felt like a setback to the Heat's efforts to keep Dwyane Wade. Despite his return, the team was still overmatched in Orlando, which glided past a Heat squad that managed just 16 points in each of the final two quarters. Having missed several games with an injury, ... More >>

Nothing But 'Net: Another Viral Video With Scottie Pippen

Fort Lauderdale's retired basketball great, Scottie Pippen, is all over the net these days. Last week we told you how the former Chicago Bulls stars was ambushed by extremely aggressive midgets. This week, Pippin has a supporting role in a segment from Fox's The Cleveland Show that's sure to be boun ... More >>

Scottie Pippen Clarifies Role in Midget Melee

Before you start accusing basketball great (and Fort Lauderdale retiree) Scottie Pippen of being an abuser of midgets, you should hear him out. What? You never suspected him of beating midgets? Well, he did, but he was performing in a film he thought would be called A Tribute to Big Red. It was rena ... More >>

Basketball Grim Reaper to Coach FIU

Flickr user: VediaAs rumors go, it was far too good to be true, and then it happened: Isiah Thomas is coming to South Florida, to coach Florida International's basketball team. Oh, but this will make some good blog!Thomas, of course, is as brainless as a coach/GM as he was brilliant as a player. Bei ... More >>

Heat Lose in Wade's Home Town

The last time the Heat played the Chicago Bulls, Dwyane Wade was on fire. Miami was in the middle of a streak in which the team won five of six earlier this month. Two weeks later, so much has changed. Wade -- and, by extension, the entire team -- has been struggling to put up the same kind of ... More >>

D-Wade Makes Buzzer His Bitch

eBay.comThe first time came at the end of the first half. Then again to tie the game at the end of regulation. Then, after he stole the ball from John Salmons with three seconds left in the second overtime, Wade hit a running three as time expired to give "El Heat" a 130-127 win over the Chic ... More >>

Forward Thinking

Wade, O’Neal, and Beasley take on the Bulls.

Heat-Bulls Tilt a Mere Undercard to Cheerleader Dance-Off

Sports IllustratedShanon LerschYou don't really have to beat the Chicago Bulls. Just let them stand at the perimeter and launch low-percentage shots or make impossible passes. If that doesn't work, just wait. Eventually, their imbecile coach -- named Vinny of the Black -- will summon from the bench ... More >>

Let’s Start the Debate

Number one pick Derrick Rose versus number two pick Michael Beasley

Pat Riley Needs To Fire Himself. Again.

The Age of Entitlement

Deluded Shaq limps ahead to meet hapless Bulls

Wednesday Walkup

Getting Hot in Herrre

Legends Go to Bat

T2K

Hoopus Maximus

Michael Jordan to the Max