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On the latest edition of the Miami Sports Pod, Local 10 Sports Anchors Will Manso and Clay Ferraro discuss the injury suffered by Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and how the team and league has responded since.

Tyler Herro and the Miami Heat have agreed on a four-year contract extension that could be worth $130 million, a person with knowledge says.

The Miami Heat want to keep Tyler Herro around for a while.

I continued to ask, “..I know how difficult it can be to have so much hair while being an athlete. Immediately following my question to Jimmy Butler regarding his hair, News headlines surfaced all over the internet. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I really don’t know. Rooks Tweeted:“Just Spoke to Jimmy Butler.

Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra joined his team in the Bahamas on Wednesday for the first time this training camp.

So, here are three of the hottest current news stories that Miami fans should closely follow during 2022 and 2023.

The Miami Heat are kicking off training camp in the Bahamas.

The Miami Heat will be bringing back some old threads this season.

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa made his preseason debut while rookie Skylar Thompson continued to look good under center, but should head coach Mike McDaniel be concerned with the struggles of Miami’s ground game?

Haslem announced the decision on Sunday at his youth basketball and cheer camp taking place this weekend at Miami High School.

Udonis Haslem is set to announce his plans for next season.

Opening Night for Miami will be on Wednesday, Oct. 19 against the Chicago Bulls.

Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo paid a visit to friend he made earlier this year at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.

The Philadelphia 76ers are being investigated by the NBA for possible tampering in offseason free-agency moves involving James Harden, P.

Good Morning America made a stop in Miami on Wednesday for the third round of their United States of Burgers competition.

Alex Rodriguez was standing near his courtside seat, oblivious to a few fans who were snapping a quick photo of the baseball great as they walked by.

The Miami Heat announced Thursday that they have resigned guard Victor Oladipo.

The Miami Heat are keeping some of their depth.

The Miami Heat and Victor Oladipo are running it back.

The Miami Heat selected Nikola Jović, not to be confused with two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, with the 27th pick during the 2022 NBA Draft on Thursday night.

After nearly four years in business, Miami Heat mega stars Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem are closing their first restaurant together: 800° Woodfired Kitchen in Aventura.

Heat forward P.J. Tucker is declining his $7.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Golf-loving business owner in Irving, Texas, tells employees they can leave early if one of them sinks a monster putt in the office. One of them did.

The Miami Heat family looks like its going to get a little bigger. Coach Erik Spoelstra’s wife, Nikki Sapp Spoelstra, announced Monday that the couple are expecting their third child. Sapp made an Instagram post making it known that she’s about halfway through the pregnancy. The announcement was accompanied by a quartet of photos, two in which you can see her pregnancy bump and two photos of ...

Heat sharpshooter Duncan Robinson reflected on his season.

Miami Heat President Pat Riley held his annual end-of-season media availability on Monday at FTX Arena.

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If you’re new to betting on the NBA, then the sheer number of games and the way the playoffs work can be a lot to take in.

It's on to the offseason for the Miami Heat.

A frustrated Bam Adebayo tore his jersey apart as he walked off the court after the final buzzer.

A frustrated Bam Adebayo tore his jersey apart as he walked off the court after the final buzzer. Erik Spoelstra made no effort to hide his sadness about how the Miami Heat's season ended. Kyle Lowry said the year was wasted.

One of the costliest moments for the Miami Heat in its season-ending, 100-96 loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday happened in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Despite the nasty weather that greeted folks in downtown Miami, die hard Heat fans remained focused.

Jayson Tatum scored 26 points, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart each added 24 and the Boston Celtics held off a frantic rally in the final seconds to beat the Miami Heat 100-96 to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010.

Tyler Herro has recovered enough to play for the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday night against the Boston Celtics.

FTX Arena in Downtown Miami will soon feature a packed house of white-wearing, ravenous Heat fans hoping to see Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and the rest of the never-say-die crew defend their homecourt and propel the franchise to its seventh appearance in NBA Finals.

Jimmy Butler had 47 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Miami Heat forced the Eastern Conference finals to a decisive seventh game by beating the Boston Celtics 111-103 on Friday night.

Heat guard Tyler Herro remained sidelined because of a strained left groin as Miami tries to stave off elimination in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays are using their social media accounts during Thursday night’s game between the two teams to spread information about how gun violence affects American life.

The elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas is becoming an issue in the 2022 race for U.S. Senate in Florida. The Miami Heat basketball team urged fans to contact U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Florida Republicans, “demanding their support for common sense gun laws” – and telling them they can “make change at the ballot box.” Rubio, who is up for re-election this fall, didn’t like it.

At a playoff game against the Boston Celtics, the teams PA announcer urged people to contact their state's senators, in the wake of the Texas school shooting.

A moment of silence was held before the announcement, made Wednesday night at a playoff game.

Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of a berth in the NBA Finals, running away after halftime to beat the Miami Heat 93-80 and take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference title series.

Tyler Herro’s strained left groin forced the Miami Heat to rule him out of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.

It makes you go through a whirlwind of emotions,” Oladipo said of the effort to recover from the quad injuries. I didn’t know where to go.”At 30, Oladipo said overcoming such adversity helped him realize who was really backing him. While Boston won the latest game in the series handily, the Heat’s two-time NBA All-star refuses to give in. I have to embrace that.”Oladipo has a positive outlook on the series, regardless of the Heat’s perceived underdog status. “We’re going to fight regardless, no matter what day it is or what time it is.

The Eastern Conference finals between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics are as close as can be, heading back to Miami all tied up at two wins apiece.

The Boston Celtics took their turn pounding the Miami Heat early.

The injuries continue to pile up in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Celtics point guard and Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart was ruled out for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against Miami.

Three-time NBA champion and entrepreneur Dwyane Wade shares his money-managing lessons learned on and off the court.

Bam Adebayo scored 31 points with 10 rebounds to lead Miami to a 109-103 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Heat guard Jimmy Butler will not play in the second half of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals matchup with Boston because of inflammation in his right knee.

The Celtics will be without center Robert Williams III will be out for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Heat due to soreness and swelling in his left knee.

The NBA recognized Bam Adebayo's defense on Friday.

Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics was the leading vote-getter for the All-Defensive first team, with Mikal Bridges of the Phoenix Suns joining him as the other guard.

The Boston Celtics got outworked by the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals but returned the favor in Game 2.

Jayson Tatum scored 27 points, Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown each scored 24 and the Boston Celtics dominated the first half to roll past the Miami Heat 127-102 and tie the Eastern Conference finals at a game apiece.

Placeholder while article actions loadThe National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are getting serious. (The Heat won Game 1, 118-107.) Doncic will have his hands full in the Western Conference championship with Golden State, which won Game 1 on Wednesday, 112-87. The Warriors have a core of players — Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green — who won NBA championships in 2015, 2017 and 2018. The conference championships and NBA Finals are the best players on the best teams playing in the best league in the world.

The Miami Heat are preparing for another tough battle with Boston.

Things have been working out just fine so far in this postseason for Jimmy Butler and the top-seeded Miami Heat.

Jimmy Butler scored 41 points, and the Miami Heat turned things around with a huge third quarter on the way to beating the shorthanded Boston Celtics 118-107 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night.

On the latest episode of the Miami Sports Pod, Local 10 Sports Anchors Will Manso and Clay Ferraro discuss the ongoing playoff runs of the Miami Heat and Florida Panthers.

Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra have enormous respect for each other and a bond that stems from their shared history in the sport.

This will mark the fifth time that the Heat and Celtics will meet in the NBA playoffs, with Miami winning three of the previous four series.

Wade, 40, purchased an equity stake in two sports teams, and he's hosting a TV show. Wade is also taking a chance with the volatile NFT marketplace.

A South Florida man who was freed from prison last month after serving 31 years on a wrongful murder conviction wanted to ride a high-speed train. Brightline granted his wish by giving him a free ride from Miami to Fort Lauderdale and back.

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The second year of the NBA's play-in playoff tournament begins on Tuesday. With no clear-cut favorites, the title is up for grabs.

Michael Kouame, a 15-year-old French tennis player, slapped his opponent in the face after losing a match at the International Tennis Federation’s juniors tournament in Accra, Ghana on Monday.

The following season, the Miami Heat reinforced this structure on their way to a 4-1 gentleman’s sweep. Even with these changes, I’d still say The Wall is the weapon of choice for attempting to slow down Antetokounmpo. Speaking of Holiday, opposing teams would do well to make Antetokounmpo forget how much of a revelation his go-to table-setter has been. When Antetokounmpo is playing off Holiday, it’s way harder to load up your defense on him. Even if your group is moving and communicating perfectly, you still need great personnel.

Kyle Lowry, the shiny new sign-and-trade toy from the summer, has been unavailable for large swaths of the season. There’s been a constant feeling of “reinforcements on the way” while the Heat scrapped, slashed or clawed their way to the Eastern Conference’s best record. Victor Oladipo, a former All-Star (and a soulful singer to boot) has been on the mend all season, recovering from surgery on his quad tendon. We haven’t seen him since last May, where he gave the Heat four games of solid defense, inconsistent burst and shaky shooting. Let’s just say his injury-ravaged, three-team campaign during the 2020-21 season was a whirlwind for everyone involved.

Duncan Robinson said there is a wide gap in talent between the worst NBA players and the average fan.

Last season, he had season-ending surgery to repair a ruptured quad after playing just four games with the Miami Heat (who acquired him prior to the NBA trade deadline). UPDATE: Victor Oladipo will be joining the @SFSkyforce for 5-on-5 work as a part of his recovery from knee surgery. — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 16, 2022It remains to be seen when Oladipo will be able to return to Miami’s lineup, but this news suggests that he’s getting closer. Over the course of his eight-year NBA career, Oladipo has averaged 17.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.6 threes and 1.6 steals on .438/.347/.791 shooting splits. Last March, Miami dealt Avery Bradley, Kelly Olynyk and a 2022 first-round pick swap to the Rockets in exchange for Oladipo.

Baptist Health Foundation recently announced that Udonis Haslem, forward and team captain for the Miami Heat, has joined the Heat. Bounce Back from Cancer fundraising effort for Baptist Health’s Miami Cancer Institute and will participate in the event set for Mar. Cure., a partnership between the Miami Heat and Baptist Health South Florida to help raise funds for Miami Cancer Institute. Together, participants raised more than $1 million to support groundbreaking cancer research, programs and patient care at Miami Cancer Institute. The physicians, researchers and staff of Miami Cancer Institure are very grateful for his support of Bounce Back from Cancer.”

The Heat have that thanks to their All-Star duo of Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. But Butler, Tucker and Adebayo? Reggie Jackson washes Duncan Robinson out with a great screen, but Adebayo and Tucker are able to switch and keep things in front. 6:05 — NOT IN MY HOUSEContinuing the theme of great defense being the absence of offensive opportunity, I present this possession. As much as I gamble, my guys are there whenever I do mess it up.”Luckily for the Heat, Butler doesn’t mess up that often.

Udonis Haslem has been telling anyone who will listen the same thing for years, that if given a chance he can still impact winning. The Miami Heat won’t disagree. In a 90-second span Wednesday night, Haslem committed a foul, got a rebound, scored on a layup, blocked a shot, picked up another foul and grabbed another rebound.

Beginning the regular season with high expectations, the Miami Heat proved themselves to be a danger in the NBA’s Eastern Conference after destroying the Milwaukee Bucks, 137-95. Forward Tyler Herro played a dominant game after coming off the bench a little into the first quarter. He made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from deep to close out the first quarter with Miami leading the Bucks, 40-17. As the fourth quarter neared an end and Miami’s lead increased even more, the FTX arena erupted with Miami Heat fans yelling, “We want Haslem!” The whole Miami Heat team, even head coach Erik Spoelstra, joined in on the banter. The Miami Heat veteran, now playing in his 19th season, laughed it off and respectfully ignored the cheers from the crowd.

Jimmy Butler is taking his coffee business from the NBA bubble to a new level with BIGFACE and one day wants to open a cafe.

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A sporting chance.

Embed from Getty ImagesThe Miami Heat ended last season on a loss. The Milwaukee Bucks swept the Heat out of the first round just one year after Miami reached the NBA Finals. Butler, who led the Heat in points and assists last year, is pleased with Miami’s offseason moves. He nearly broke Heat Twitter over the summer with dominant play in the NBA Summer League. Gabe VincentGabe Vincent played alongside Heat teammate KZ Okpala on the Nigerian Olympic team this summer.

Shane Battier joined Yext as a board member after vacating his executive role with the Miami Heat in June.

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In the race to vaccinate as many Americans as possible, it has come to this: You can now get a COVID-19 shot while wearing your Speedo.

Miami is the sixth-best city for basketball fans. The Miami Heat plays the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of the NBA playoffs on Monday.

Khris Middleton's jumper with 0.5 to go in overtime lifted the Milwaukee Bucks to a 109-107 win in Game 1 against the Miami Heat.

Miami Heat fans will tell you that #HeatTwitter shines during the NBA Playoffs.

Damon Weaver, who made news as a 11-year old student reporter by landing an interview with President Barack Obama at the White House, has died. He was 23.

When Independent Sports & Entertainment LLC sued Butler last year seeking a portion of the proceeds from a $5 million Nike endorsement contract his lawyer Mathew Rosengart didn’t just play defense.

As a rookie last season, Tyler Herro averaged 13.5 points per game. In the post season in which the Miami Heat advanced to the NBA Finals

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Most Miami Heat fans took the inclusion of the iconic "Big Three" moment in "Space Jam: A New Legacy" as a compliment. Others? Not so much.

The trailer for Space Jam 2 shows a moment from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade back in their Miami Heat days. The sequel is called "Space Jam: A New Legacy."

Rich Paul, the agent for NBA star LeBron James, joined three former Nike executives to start Adopt, a marketing and branding company.

The Miami Heat is moving ahead with a plan to set aside two seating sections for fully vaccinated fans, despite DeSantis’ call to ban vaccine passports. Since fans were first allowed to the basketball team’s games in January, the Heat has made tickets available to everyone, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated. Seating is well under capacity and socially distanced, and fans arriving are screened by COVID-detection dogs, unless they opt to bypass the screening dogs and get a coronavirus test at the arena for entry.

FTX has won the naming rights to the entertainment venue currently known as American Airlines Arena, home to the Miami Heat. The company now joins a long, and sometimes checkered, history of firms with stadium naming rights. The dot-com era two decades ago provides even more fodder for naming rights gone wrong. Now-defunct companies Adelphia and PSINet also had NFL stadium naming rights near the turn of the century. The Miami Heat have been one of the most successful NBA franchises in recent years, appearing in 5 NBA Finals since 2010 and winning two titles.

If Tua goes on to have a memorable career in Miami, this will be a picture that goes down in Miami sports history. Last year, the Miami Marlins' season started on July 24 with a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies. It wasn't easy, or usual, but amongst all the chaos and obstacles in the way, the Miami Marlins punched their ticket to the postseason last year. The Miami Heat making the NBA Finals. The photo was taken toward the end of Game Five, a game Miami would go on to win, and which Butler finished with a massive triple-double.