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Nielsen Poll: LeBron James No Longer a Marketing Superstar

Not so long ago, LeBron James could sell anything from Vitamin Water to Nike sneakers simply by treading water in a swimming pool.Now, the Miami Heat star's popularity has declined so drastically that he's no longer one of the top 10 most marketable players in the NBA, according to the latest Nielse ... More >>

Udonis Haslem at Juiceblendz Grand Opening Saturday

Miami Heat Udonis Haslem will sign your Smoothie on Saturday.​Juiceblendz in Weston is having a grand opening celebration this Saturday, June 25, with a special appearance by Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem. Haslem will sign autographs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a Smoothie purchase ... More >>

Top Three LeBron James/Miami Heat Memes to Commemorate the NBA Finals

LeBron James plays to the tune of his tiny violin.​LeBron James brought his talents to Miami this year to complete what should have been the first ultimate triumvirate the NBA has ever seen.James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh were hailed as superheroes who were going to lead the Miami Heat to champ ... More >>

A Vocabulary Lesson in Honor of LeBron James' Defeat

Together at last, Wade and James crashed.​​Maverick (noun): An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.Cavalier (noun): A gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship. Hubris (noun): Exaggerated pride or self-confidence, e.g. LeBron James. Not to belabor the point, but l ... More >>

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 >>

Miami Heat White Hot Road Rally Tomorrow Night

​If you've been following the Miami Heat during this NBA post-season, you know the Three Kings and company have been white hot, tearing through playoff teams like Philadelphia and Boston with ease. Now, the Heat are poised to knock off Chicago in game five of the conference finals tomorrow night. ... More >>

New York Times Blasts Heat Fans for Mojitos and Empty Seats

Too many empty seats greet Heat stars.​What's the problem, Miami Heat fans? Are you too busy sipping mojitos and grazing on patatas bravas to get your butts in the seats on time? Is it the economy? Do you secretly hate LeBron James as much as the rest of the country does?These are the allegations ... More >>

A Nugget of Hope

Too many empty seats greet Heat stars.​What's the problem, Miami Heat fans? Are you too busy sipping mojitos and grazing on patatas bravas to get your butts in the seats on time? Is it the economy? Do you secretly hate LeBron James as much as the rest of the country does?These are the allegations ... 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 >>

Dwyane Wade: Phil Jackson Wants to Coach the Heat (Video)

​The Miami Heatles have certainly had an exciting first half of the season: "The Decision" drama, the rough start, the stretch of total domination (winning 21 of 22), the lessons in karma, the onslaught of injuries, and now another losing stint. (Last night's loss to the Knicks makes five losses i ... More >>

A Slow Burn

​The Miami Heatles have certainly had an exciting first half of the season: "The Decision" drama, the rough start, the stretch of total domination (winning 21 of 22), the lessons in karma, the onslaught of injuries, and now another losing stint. (Last night's loss to the Knicks makes five losses i ... More >>

Keeping Warm All Winter

​The Miami Heatles have certainly had an exciting first half of the season: "The Decision" drama, the rough start, the stretch of total domination (winning 21 of 22), the lessons in karma, the onslaught of injuries, and now another losing stint. (Last night's loss to the Knicks makes five losses i ... More >>

Luck for the Irish

​The Miami Heatles have certainly had an exciting first half of the season: "The Decision" drama, the rough start, the stretch of total domination (winning 21 of 22), the lessons in karma, the onslaught of injuries, and now another losing stint. (Last night's loss to the Knicks makes five losses i ... More >>

Top 5 'Justice Is Served' Moments Of The Week, From LeBron to a Former Madoff Investor

via NBC Miami​Justice, or even injustice, is a concept often taken for granted as a function of democracy served in a courtroom. That is, until weeks like this come along, and we are reminded of what happens when people take justice into their own hands, in and out of the courts. Sometimes it's ug ... More >>

The Miami Heat Help Ladies Drink for Free

​As if the Miami Heat's 10-game winning streak wasn't hot enough, the Neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill has made it sizzling. Starting this week, the 5-month old restaurant in Boca Raton now offers free drinks for ladies during the Heat games if they come wearing Heat gear. The bar has dubbed th ... More >>

Cavalier Attitude

​As if the Miami Heat's 10-game winning streak wasn't hot enough, the Neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill has made it sizzling. Starting this week, the 5-month old restaurant in Boca Raton now offers free drinks for ladies during the Heat games if they come wearing Heat gear. The bar has dubbed th ... More >>

Enforcer Down

​As if the Miami Heat's 10-game winning streak wasn't hot enough, the Neighborhood Sports Bar and Grill has made it sizzling. Starting this week, the 5-month old restaurant in Boca Raton now offers free drinks for ladies during the Heat games if they come wearing Heat gear. The bar has dubbed th ... More >>

Five Better Things for LeBron James to Bump Into

Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia CommonsLeBron in Hulk mode​LeBron James caused a ruckus last week during the Heat's November 27 game against the Dallas Mavericks. A video surfaced shortly after showing LeBron bumping into Head Coach Erik Spoelstra -- perhaps on purpose.C'mon, LeBron, violence isn't th ... More >>

Rey Decerega, the Guy Who Elbowed the President, Needs to Play for the Miami Heat

Heat opponents might look like this too if the team hires Decerega.​On Friday, a little-known Washington resident named Rey Decerega elbowed the president in the mouth while playing basketball. And if there's one thing that's clear after the incident, we need Decerega on the struggling Miami Heat. ... More >>

Black Friday Reckoning

Heat opponents might look like this too if the team hires Decerega.​On Friday, a little-known Washington resident named Rey Decerega elbowed the president in the mouth while playing basketball. And if there's one thing that's clear after the incident, we need Decerega on the struggling Miami Heat. ... More >>

You’re in Our Backyard Now

Heat opponents might look like this too if the team hires Decerega.​On Friday, a little-known Washington resident named Rey Decerega elbowed the president in the mouth while playing basketball. And if there's one thing that's clear after the incident, we need Decerega on the struggling Miami Heat. ... More >>

Flash No More

Heat opponents might look like this too if the team hires Decerega.​On Friday, a little-known Washington resident named Rey Decerega elbowed the president in the mouth while playing basketball. And if there's one thing that's clear after the incident, we need Decerega on the struggling Miami Heat. ... More >>

LeBron James Jerseys Go From Cleveland to the Backs of South Florida's Homeless

Heat opponents might look like this too if the team hires Decerega.​On Friday, a little-known Washington resident named Rey Decerega elbowed the president in the mouth while playing basketball. And if there's one thing that's clear after the incident, we need Decerega on the struggling Miami Heat. ... More >>

Boo Beasley?

Heat opponents might look like this too if the team hires Decerega.​On Friday, a little-known Washington resident named Rey Decerega elbowed the president in the mouth while playing basketball. And if there's one thing that's clear after the incident, we need Decerega on the struggling Miami Heat. ... More >>

Top Five LeBron James Poems as Tweeted Over the Weekend

Congratulations to Justin Milone, one of the six finalists.​The six finalists for the WLRN Miami Herald Radio LeBron James poetry contest will be announced today in the sports section of the Miami Herald.But before any finalists were chosen the contest's coordinators had to sift through more than ... More >>

Updated: Write a Poem for WLRN Miami Herald to Commemorate LeBron's Arrival

Wikipedia CommonsOh LeBron, you inspire our inner poet.Update: The Miami Heat has decided it wants no part in the judging and therefore neither does LeBron James. This decision came because the event was coordinated without the team's input.Want LeBron James to check you out? You may only need to wr ... More >>

The New Jordan Rule: Shut Up!

Wikipedia CommonsOh LeBron, you inspire our inner poet.Update: The Miami Heat has decided it wants no part in the judging and therefore neither does LeBron James. This decision came because the event was coordinated without the team's input.Want LeBron James to check you out? You may only need to wr ... More >>

Red Heat

Wikipedia CommonsOh LeBron, you inspire our inner poet.Update: The Miami Heat has decided it wants no part in the judging and therefore neither does LeBron James. This decision came because the event was coordinated without the team's input.Want LeBron James to check you out? You may only need to wr ... More >>

LeBron James Jerseys for the Homeless: Six Days Left to Donate

​We've got a stack of wine-and-gold jerseys ready to clothe the homeless, and we're looking for more.As we mentioned last week, Miami New Times is giving away a pair of Miami Heat tickets to the person who donates the most LeBron James jerseys, shoes, and other goodies from the King's Cleveland da ... More >>

Donate LeBron James Jerseys to Miami's Homeless, Win Game Seats

​At the beginning of September, the Juice's Lisa Rab wrote about how a group of Ohioans were collecting LeBron James' Cavs jersey to donate to Miami's homeless population. After that idea was halted by "politics," our sister paper Miami New Times took the matter into its own hands.The kind fo ... More >>

UPDATED: LeBron James Jersey Donation Derailed by "Politics"

Flickr user: Keith AllisonWe don't want your stinking jerseys.​The Summer of LeBron just got weirder.In July, a group of guys in Northeast Ohio launched a campaign to collect LeBron James' old Cleveland Cavaliers jerseys and send them to homeless people in Miami. It seemed like a wholesome idea. C ... More >>

Morning Juice: LeBron Joins the Miami Hate; Narcy Novack Charged in Husband's Murder

​Surely there's news in South Florida besides the Heat winning The Decision? Let's take a look.Narcy Novack, the widow of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., has been arrested and charged with arranging his murder last July 12 in a Rye Brook, N.Y. hotel room. She allegedly gave one of the killers her husba ... More >>

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 >>

Top Ten Nicknames for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh in Miami

flickr.comThe Royal Family?​So unless ESPN and every other national sports news source is wrong (it happens), it looks like LeBron James will be joining Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat, instantly creating the most interesting and feared team possibly of all time. But before we get to ... 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 >>

Underdogging It

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 >>

Scrap Heat

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 >>

Dribbling Down Easy Street

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 >>

Time To Woo The Bosh, Again

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 >>

It’s All About Keeping Flash

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 >>

The Caliente's Inaugural Season Had Blood, Sweat, Broken Bones, and a Lot of Lace

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 >>