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Miami Dolphins Might Move Out of Miami All the Way to... Palm Beach!

Ah the Miami Dolphins. They do everything exceptional. Draft exceptionally... sign free agents exceptionally... score exceptionally... win exceptionally, and have exceptional ideas to make Super Bowl weekend exceptional. And now they are excelling at pulling off the ole "You Didn't Give Us Want W ... 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 >>

LeBron James and the Miami Heat Are a Walking Epic Poem: Miami Overcomes 27-Point Deficit to Win 24th Straight

The Cleveland Cavaliers tried everything to end the Miami Heat's record-setting win streak on Wednesday night. They tried the ole "weird oily substance that leaks from the ceiling and delays the game for 35 minutes" trick. They tried the "crazy fan runs onto the court in the middle of the game wit ... More >>

Miami Heat Wrecks Celtic Ass as It Earns Record 23rd-Straight Win

The Miami Heat walked into the all-consuming ocean of douche and insufferableness that is Boston's TD Garden Monday night and laid its record-setting 22-game winning streak on the line. The Celtics were ready from the GO and came at the Heat with a furious effort that spawned a career night for Jef ... More >>

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade Brought the Ruckus Against the Feisty Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings putting up 129 points on the Miami Heat at the Triple-A and forcing two overtimes is as absurd as IKEA selling meat. And yet, there it is. The Kings came into Miami's house, put their feet up on the table, ate all the food, and scratched their balls on our couch. A feisty bunc ... More >>

LeBron James' Pregame Dunk May Have Altered Reality

The Daily Look At This! is our daily video and/or gif of the day. As he did just a few nights ago, LeBron James decided to fool around during Heat pregame warmups before their game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night, and he threw down another filthy Sledgehammer of the Gods-style dunk. ... More >>

Prediction: OKC Will Beat Heat in Thursday NBA Finals Rematch

Valentine's Day this year won't be about love or roses. Thursday is likely to be about Heat fans -- and LeBron James -- crashing back to Earth.That's the day we take on Kevin Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder in the belly of the beast. Last night, the hot hot Heat came back strong at the end of th ... More >>

LeBron James and Dwayne Wade Tag Team the Lakers 107-97

LeBron James has  demonstrated such deity-like powers lately, the Pope said, "Ah fuck it. I quit."Throughout his career as an indomitable nard crushing baller, LeBron has repeatedly demonstrated his astonishing ability to cock punch his opponents unconscious while simultaneously lighting them o ... More >>

LeBron James, James Tracy, and a Muslim Cleric Walk Into an Appletini Bar

The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times' crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., a statistical flow chart documenting which of your buddies' "girlfriends" you've actually seen in person).

LeBron James Outduels Kobe Bryant as Heat Defeats Lakers 99-90

Whenever a showdown between LeBron James and Kobe Bryant goes down, the suddenly-not-all-that-important regular season becomes ALL IMPORTANT. That's because Kobe apologists and Laker fans crawl out of the woodwork to remind everyone that he has RINGZZZ and is so badass he nicknamed himself Mamba. ... More >>

LeBron James Will Be the Youngest to Hit 20,000 Career Points Tonight

Barring an unforeseen incident -- say, an asteroid colliding with the Earth, or Xenu attacking the planet with his intergalactic army, or Godzilla wanting to eat San Francisco -- LeBron James is set to reach 20,000 career points tonight when the Heat visit the Golden State Warriors. Also, LeBr ... More >>

Miami Heat Ready for Christmas Showdown With Thunder

It's Christmas Day. Which means family, gifts, egg nog, and Miami Heat basketball. Lately the Heat have had to face off against the Lakers during the X-Mas Day Showdown. But this year, the NBA deemed it necessary to schedule a rematch of the NBA Finals (Remember that? When the Heat dismantled the O ... More >>

Mario Chalmers Losing More Time to Norris Cole

Heat point guard Mario Chalmers is averaging 6.3 points and 3.9 assists per game so far this season. Backup point guard Norris Cole is averaging 4.9 points and 2.2 assists per contest. Not much difference in numbers, really. Yet Cole has consistently been eating into Chalmers' minutes lately, par ... More >>

NBA GM Survey: Heat Will Beat the Lakers in the Finals

NBA.com took their annual general manager survey recently and, according to the consensus, the Miami Heat will repeat as NBA champions, this time beating the L.A. Lakers. The thirty GMs of the NBA were asked 57 questions with topics ranging from who will win the MVP, to best off-season moves, to be ... More >>

LeBron James Will Be Targeted by the Lakers, According to Unspecified NBA Execs

According to ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst, some NBA executives believe the L.A. Lakers are going to target the Miami Heat's LeBron James when he becomes a free agent in 2014, because of reasons. The Lakers are very good at building championship contenders, like they did this off-season when they trad ... More >>

Miami Heat Doughnuts: Celebrate the Champs for a Buck

According to website hoopshype.com, the Miami Heat's payroll is a staggering $80,290,662. Even more unbelievable is the fact that Miami came in number five on this list (behind the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, and Portland Trailblazers).  You could call it money well spent ... More >>

Insane Tattoos Depicting the State of Florida: From NBA Stars to Criminals (Images)

Let's face it: Floridians aren't exactly oozing with state pride. The intensity of our sports fans is mild at best when compared with a bottle-wielding Boston fan or face-pummeling fatso from Philadelphia. We don't brag about our oranges like New Yorkers brag about their pizza or bagels or ever ... More >>

Shaq Says He's "Running" for Lake County Undersheriff, in an Election That Doesn't Exist

​Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal spends a lot of time pretending he's a policeman.When the Big Aristotle/Shaqtus/Shaq-Fu/whatever announced his retirement in June, he said he planned on running for sheriff of Lake County or Orange County at some point in the future.According to an interview O'Nea ... More >>

Hack-a-Shaq: The Former Basketball Superstar Wages Digital War Against an Ex-Con Computer Geek

J. Cole to Open for Rihanna at BankAtlantic Center, July 14

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 >>

Eat Escargots, Watch LeBron

LeBron James Tweets About Cleveland's Epic Loss: "Karma Is a B****" (UPDATE)

flickr.comEmbracing his new bad guy persona...​As the Miami Heat has hit a stride of domination over the past few weeks, LeBron James has said publicly that he's beginning to enjoy his new "villain" role. (Especially, it seems, when it comes to the King's former kingdom.) And to that end, last nig ... More >>

How Immature Is LeBron James?

LeBron James bumps shoulders, not fists.​Could it be that LeBron James and Chris Bosh are too immature to handle their rising fame? The two could have been part of a real dream team if they weren't living up to their young ages of 25 and 26. Thanks to recent videos, Miami Heat fans are starting to ... More >>

Five Videos of Athletes Dancing (Get Well Soon, Chad Pennington!)

All that dancing must have made Chad Pennington tired.​Our pal Bob Norman over at the Daily Pulp posted an awesome video last Sunday of the Dolphins' Chad Pennington dancing to Eminem.Presumably white-boy-style dancing was intended to pump him up. That obviously failed since Pennington is now out ... More >>

Flash No More

On Milk Shakes: A Burger's Best Friend

John LinnI drink your milkshake! I drink it up!​Since we're on the subject of burgers, it seems fitting to talk about milk shakes. A milk shake is a burger's best friend -- the creamy, sweet counterpoint to its savory fattiness. A good milk shake is to a burger what bacon is to eggs, Kobe is to th ... More >>

Sometimes Doing Nothing Is the Best Move of All

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 >>

Heat, Snuffed

Clip Those Wings

Three-Feat

Forward Thinking

Forward Thinking

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

Blown Call

The Heat host the bottom-dweller Clippers

O'Malley's Sports Bar

The Matrix Reloaded

Penny for Your Backcourt?

Still Blazin'

A Royal Beating

Heat look to spank Kings

Fusion Conclusion