
Back home, Heat try to stop a 5th Spurs NBA title
The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway. Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing.

Manu Ginobili sparks Spurs to Game 5 win
With the old Manu Ginobili back, the San Antonio Spurs looked like champs again. Ginobili broke out of a slump in a big way with 24 points and 10 ...

Heat, Spurs set for pivotal Game 5 of NBA Finals
Tony Parker's hamstring, not Dwyane Wade's knee, is the current chief injury concern. Manu Ginobili, not Chris Bosh, is mired in the slump of the ...

Down 1-0 to Spurs, Heat seek some NBA Finals fun
The NBA Finals. Just being here can be memorable — and miserable. And surprise, it's those supposedly stoic San Antonio Spurs who are having more fun, ...

Heat, Spurs to play for NBA title
The NBA Finals matchup is finally set, and the Miami Heat will either win a second straight title or the San Antonio Spurs will deny LeBron James a ...

James, West, Stephenson fined for flopping
Miami's LeBron James and Indiana's David West and Lance Stephenson were all fined $5,000 by the NBA on Thursday for violating the league's ...

Ex-Serbian player seriously injured in bar fight
Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a bar fight.

Parity abounds so far in NBA conference semifinals
Parity has struck the NBA playoffs, where the conference semifinals are all tied. The four series are all drawn at one game apiece — the first time ...

James scores 27 as Heat top Bucks in Game 1
LeBron James scored 27 points, finishing two assists shy of a triple-double, as the defending champion Heat picked up where they left off in the NBA ...

Heat start to move on after streak ends
Take heart, Heat. Look out, NBA. When the Los Angeles Lakers' 33-game winning streak ended, they hit a bit of a lull before rolling through the ...

Heat win 27th straight, run away from Magic 108-94
Late in the third quarter, the game was tied and the Miami Heat winning streak seemed to be in jeopardy. Then LeBron James got mad. And then the ...

Heat streak at 20 after 98-94 win over 76ers
With LeBron James by his side in the locker room, Dwyane Wade took a moment to admire Miami's streak. "Twenty is special," Wade said. "Win 20 games ...

Column: Streaks are nice, championships are better
Blowouts. Narrow margins of victory. Lucky breaks. Overwhelming opponents with superior skills. It all adds up to a pair of remarkable streaks in ...

Heat win to put Spoelstra on East All-Star's bench
Both on the court and along the sidelines, the Miami Heat will be well represented at this month's NBA All-Star game. LeBron James scored 30 points, ...

Bryant gets record 15th straight All-Star start
Kobe Bryant has been voted to his NBA-record 15th consecutive All-Star start, leading four Los Angeles players into next month's game. Lakers teammate ...

LeBron about to become youngest to score 20,000
LeBron James was the youngest player in NBA history to win rookie of the year, to record a triple-double, to score 1,000 points, to score 10,000 ...

Plenty of intrigue on NBA's Christmas schedule
The NBA's hottest team will be playing at home in Los Angeles, and it's the Clippers, not the Lakers. There's a finals rematch in Miami, a holiday ...

Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...