LeBron Fan Escountered from Game for wearing Heat jersey
CLEVELAND — A fan wearing a Miami Heat jersey of LeBron James drew the ire of the crowd at a Cleveland Indians game and was escorted out of the ballpark.
Fans in the left-field bleachers chanted obscenities and pointed at the man Wednesday night during the sixth inning of the game between the Indians and New [...]
Wade defends LeBron from Gilbert
They’ve been teammates for only a week, and Dwyane Wade is already standing up for LeBron James.
Wade defended the NBA’s two-time reigning MVP on Thursday, telling The Associated Press that James “didn’t quit” on Cleveland during the playoffs. That was the accusation made by Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert last week, [...]
Wade: Lakers, not Heat, are the team to beat
DORAL, Fla. — Dwyane Wade thinks there’s a clear favorite for the 2011 NBA championship. No, it’s not the Miami Heat.
Even after Wade signed a new six-year deal and had LeBron James and Chris Bosh added to the Miami mix, the 2006 NBA Finals MVP says the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers should be [...]
Rev. Jackson: Cavs owner put LeBron in danger
CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson criticized Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert on Sunday, saying Gilbert sees LeBron James as a “runaway slave” and that the owner’s comments after the free-agent forward decided to join the Miami Heat put the player in danger.
Shortly after James announced his decision last week, Gilbert fired off an [...]
Wade, Bosh team up with Heat
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are teaming up together on Wade’s Miami Heat, the two free agents said Wednesday.
“We’ve wanted to play with each other and we have a golden opportunity to do that. We’re going to take advantage of it,” Bosh said on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”
Wade, 28, said it was [...]
Jeff Jordan (MJ’s son) transfers to UCF, joins brother
Make that two sons of Michael Jordan playing for Central Florida.
UCF announced Monday that guard Jeff Jordan is enrolled at the school. He joins his brother, Marcus, who was a freshman last year for the Knights.
Jeff Jordan left Illinois after last season. He played 92 games in three years, averaging about 13 minutes a game [...]
Former teacher sentenced to 10 years for having sex with students
Tiger says he’ll play in Masters
Tiger Woods will make his highly anticipated return to competitive golf at the Masters.
The world’s No. 1-ranked player, who has never missed the year’s first major as a professional, announced in a statement Tuesday that Augusta National Golf Club will be the site of his comeback.
“The Masters is where I won my first major and [...]
Flo Rida’s ”Low” Named Highest Selling Digital Song Of Decade
After bursting onto the scene in late 2007, Poe Boy/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida has claimed a digital first. The Miami-based rapper’s debut smash single “Low,” from his debut album “Mail On Sunday,” has been named the top-selling digital song of the decade with over 5.2 million digital downloads sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In [...]
Man exonerated, freed from prison after 35 years
After more than three decades in prison, a Florida man was set free Thursday after a DNA test showed he did not kidnap and rape a 9-year-old boy in 1974.
“I’m not angry,” James Bain, 54, told reporters after a brief hearing in Bartow, Florida.
Bain was 19 when he was convicted on charges of kidnapping, burglary [...]
