Michael Beasley

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Memo to Michael Beasley: Please Don't Eat Dog Feces

Howdy Ho! If the Christmas poo gets too close to the Heat this team's gonna blow.The Miami Heat need forward Michael Beasley to light up the scoreboard if they're to have any chance of making the NBA Playoffs, which is what makes this report on Beasley's recent bout with the flu so alarming: "The on ... More >>

Winners Ought to Quit

With stars aching, Heat should chill

Tonight: Magician Escapes From Straitjacket on Dania Roller Coaster!

Tonight at 7, local magician Avi Frier plans to be put in a straitjacket and chained to the 100-foot tall, 60-mile-an-hour Hurricane roller coaster in Dania Beach. He claims he can escape from the getup before the ride ends its two-minute run. He promises there will be a "surprise ending." The publi ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Heat Player

After a horrible 2007-2008 season, the Miami Heat are loaded with talent this year. And not just talent, young talent. But who's the best on the team? Is it really Dwyane Wade? Perhaps it's rookie sensation Michael Beasley? You tell us. Add your winner to the comments field below.

Bromance Blooms at NBA All-Star Game

After the game, Kobe told reporters, "We are not going to go back to the room and watch 'Steel Magnolias' or something like that."If the love story between Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were an '80s romance movie, Dwyane Wade would be the suave, successful rebound guy who d ... More >>

Luck of Hungover Irish Gives Celtics Edge Over D-Wade-less Heat

This guy scored as many points as Dwyane Wade, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen combined last night. Yesterday afternoon, as Bostonians eased out of whiskey-induced hibernation (doctors call it "alcohol poisoning") in a blanket of their own green vomit, they got a piece of good news: Police deci ... More >>

D-Wade "Belly Flopped" in Heat Loss

Not Dwyane Wade "He belly flopped and falled down and lost the ball. And then he complained too much." The sweet, simple words of an adorable girl. I couldn't have described the end of last night's Heat overtime loss to New Orleans any better. Well, yeah, I could have. (I type pretty some ... More >>

Forward Thinking

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

Let’s Start the Debate

Number one pick Derrick Rose versus number two pick Michael Beasley

Unmade Marion

Number one pick Derrick Rose versus number two pick Michael Beasley

Hot Helped Heat

Miami the worst team in the NBA? That’s so last year.

Tell Us Who's Best in South Florida

Earlier this year, we asked you to tell us your favorite things about Broward and Palm Beach counties in our Best Of 2009 Readers' Poll. Below is a random sampling of the projected winners so far. Some categories have yet to be voted on, like Best Politician (we're still optimistic there is such a t ... More >>

Morning Juice: On Back to School Day, a Lesson From the Supercool Beas

​It's Monday, and this week you can concentrate on your own "tropical depression."Especially if you're a South Florida student, where according to the Miami Herald's Patricia Mazzei, you can look forward to a "no frills" school year, due to budget cuts at school districts. Not in Broward, though, ... More >>

Michael Beasley Unravels Via Twitter

flickr.com On Twitter, Michael Beasley was "GorillaBeas"Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley checked into a rehab facility in Houston over the weekend, just days after a photo of the number two overall draft pick with what may have been a bag of pot made waves on sports blogs across the cou ... More >>

Morning Juice: Marijuana, Equestrian Racing Events May Cloud Judgment

What isn't South Florida smoking on this Tuesday morning?​A deep-pocketed Israeli businessmen is vowing revenge against the Broward Sheriff's deputies who he said beat him up and hurled anti-Semitic slurs during a traffic stop for marijuana DUI in June. The Sun-Sentinel's Jon Burstein has quotes f ... More >>

Was Ethics Fad a Mere Summer Fling for Deerfield Beach Commission?

Judging by this agenda item for Tuesday's meeting, Deerfield Beach commissioners are ready to fling their ethics code out the window after just two and a half months. The idea belongs to Mayor Peggy Noland, who needs an ethics code worse than Michael Beasley needs a Twitter editor.The paper-thin exc ... More >>

Take It, B-Easy

Judging by this agenda item for Tuesday's meeting, Deerfield Beach commissioners are ready to fling their ethics code out the window after just two and a half months. The idea belongs to Mayor Peggy Noland, who needs an ethics code worse than Michael Beasley needs a Twitter editor.The paper-thin exc ... More >>

The Book of Isiah

Judging by this agenda item for Tuesday's meeting, Deerfield Beach commissioners are ready to fling their ethics code out the window after just two and a half months. The idea belongs to Mayor Peggy Noland, who needs an ethics code worse than Michael Beasley needs a Twitter editor.The paper-thin exc ... More >>

Three-Feat

Judging by this agenda item for Tuesday's meeting, Deerfield Beach commissioners are ready to fling their ethics code out the window after just two and a half months. The idea belongs to Mayor Peggy Noland, who needs an ethics code worse than Michael Beasley needs a Twitter editor.The paper-thin exc ... More >>

5 Secret Wishes Pat Riley Has For This Heat Season

flickr.comCoach Slick making a wish list, checking it twice.​The Heat season is officially upon us again, and judging by the very small sample size thus far, Miami will go 82-0 and Dwyane Wade will finally secure the MV3. Most experts have them finishing fourth or fifth in the division and either ... More >>

The Heat Has Cooled

flickr.comCoach Slick making a wish list, checking it twice.​The Heat season is officially upon us again, and judging by the very small sample size thus far, Miami will go 82-0 and Dwyane Wade will finally secure the MV3. Most experts have them finishing fourth or fifth in the division and either ... More >>

Controlling the Pace

flickr.comCoach Slick making a wish list, checking it twice.​The Heat season is officially upon us again, and judging by the very small sample size thus far, Miami will go 82-0 and Dwyane Wade will finally secure the MV3. Most experts have them finishing fourth or fifth in the division and either ... More >>

NBA Deadline Passes; Heat Still Hoping for Boozer

Flickr​ESPN is reporting that the Miami Heat is one of the few teams who have stayed on the phone past today's 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline. The team is working feverishly to try to land Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer in hopes his arrival will convince Dwyane Wade the team's got a chance to make a p ... More >>

Sometimes Doing Nothing Is the Best Move of All

Flickr​ESPN is reporting that the Miami Heat is one of the few teams who have stayed on the phone past today's 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline. The team is working feverishly to try to land Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer in hopes his arrival will convince Dwyane Wade the team's got a chance to make a p ... More >>

Love Taps

Flickr​ESPN is reporting that the Miami Heat is one of the few teams who have stayed on the phone past today's 3 p.m. NBA trade deadline. The team is working feverishly to try to land Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer in hopes his arrival will convince Dwyane Wade the team's got a chance to make a p ... 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 >>

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 >>

Boo Beasley?

​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 >>