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Suitors of Spring
Nice piece by Jane Gross—who we've heard from round these parts before—in the Times:...
LeBron Nearly Beheaded A Couple Times During Heat Parade
Miami's championship parade was today. Double-decker buses. Tall men. Overpasses. Tragedy repeatedly and hilariously averted by inches....
Here's Every Single Shot LeBron Made In Game 7 In One GIF
So. Awesome. ...
Man Fatally Shot Trying To Rob People Waiting For New LeBron Sneakers
According to Atlanta police, a man was shot and killed outside a clothing store while customers waited for the release of Nike's new LeBron X EXT sneakers early Saturday morning. The man was trying to rob a group in line when another man waiting for the sneakers pulled a gun (for which he apparently...
The Toronto Blue Jays Are Out Of The AL East Basement, Barely
The Blue Jays were so far south of their preseason projections that even after a 10-game winning streak they're still the most disappointing team in baseball this season. But! After a wild 11-day charge, they've gone from 12 games back in the AL East to 6.5 back. They're now above .500 for the first...
Miami Heat Nation Encompasses More Than Brats, Ghouls, And Idiots
When the Miami Heat won its only LeBronless title, in 2006, I was living outside Fort Lauderdale. My building fees included basic cable, which was enough to get just about every Heat game and virtually nothing else worth watching. My girlfriend at the time could tolerate basketball well enough — bet...
Cleveland Meteorologist Delivers Entire Forecast Without Word "Heat"
No, Clevelanders aren't bitter at all about LeBron James claiming his second straight NBA title. We're sure WEWS chief meteorologist Mark Johnson excised the word "heat" from last night's postgame late local news forecast for reasons entirely unrelated to basketball....
LeBron James Won Game 7 In The Best Possible Way
Out of the 37 points poured in by LeBron James during last night's Game 7, the most meaningful were the two he scored in the clip above. With his team up by two and the game clock running under 30 seconds, James got himself a pick near the top of the key, recognized that his defender was cheating i...
LeBron And Dwyane Wade Celebrated By Eating Pizza On Stage With Drake
He might have failed to get into the Heat locker room, but Drake was able to connect with the champs a bit later for a modest little celebration at Story in South Beach. Bottles were popped. People danced. There was pizza....
Gregg Popovich Hugs LeBron And Wade After The Game
This is just a cool moment after the game between LeBron, Wade and the usually ornery and sarcastic Popovich. ...
JaMarcus Russell Is Not Fat Anymore
I mean, sure, all-black is slimming, and fur-coat-and-sweatsuit getups are not. But still. Russell is lean, mean, and ready to quarterback someone—anyone—to mediocrity. If Tim Tebow can get a shot, why can’t he?...
Now Mike Florio Is Getting In Twitter Fights With NFL Mascots
Resident NBC/ProFootballTalk moron and supposed NFL maven Mike Florio took his lifelong itinerary of bad decisions to a new level last night, getting into Twitter beef with Jaguars mascot Jaxson de Ville. ...
No-Headband LeBron Is The Best LeBron
If the Heat raise another championship banner to the rafters, perhaps it'll be because LeBron James's hairline got up there first....
The Best Thing About These Finals: There Are No Goats
When Game 1 of the NBA finals ended, we expressed a hope that this series would last forever. What we've ended up with is the next best thing: seven games, with last night's overtime, instant-classic, scare-the-cat-and-wake-up-the-neighbors thriller setting up a finale on Thursday that will be the c...