
Column: Is Stern best commissioner in sports?
During the ring ceremony on opening night in Miami, a microphone picked up NBA Commissioner David Stern telling LeBron James, "I'm proud of you." No ...

Rings, a banner, a win: Heat top Celtics 120-107
LeBron James limped off with leg cramps two times in the second half. He wasn't worried about the outcome. By now, he knows the depth of the Miami ...

Heat get rings, then win over Celtics, 120-107
LeBron James got cramps, Ray Allen was snubbed and Dwyane Wade was steaming. None of that spoiled the Miami Heat mood on ring night. Wade scored 29 ...

Heat get their rings in glitzy ceremony
LeBron James held his index finger aloft, then turned and took a walk nine years in the making. A few moments later, a championship ring — finally — ...

Heat to raise banner, then host Celtics in opener
The last time the Boston Celtics played a game that truly counted, they had to endure a Miami Heat celebration. New season, same deal. Only this time, ...
Let the flop policing begin
It's not just the flopping that the NBA is trying to squash. It's Reggie Evans looking like he was zapped by about 10,000 volts of electricity when ...

Heat star James says ankle sore _ but he's fine
LeBron James' twisted right ankle remained sore Saturday, though not enough for the reigning NBA MVP to be concerned about his status for Miami's ...
LeBron's goal: Still to be the game's best
LeBron James won a championship and nothing changed. Sure, there were a few events. The obligatory champagne shower at his stall in the Miami Heat ...

No. 12 Florida State downs Miami, 33-20
For a half, Florida State did just about everything wrong and still held the lead. And when the Seminoles finally got clicking, they simply pulled ...

Heat arrive in China for preseason games
LeBron James is visiting China for the ninth time, which makes him one of the resident Miami Heat experts about the world's most populous nation.

LeBron expected to play when Heat open preseason
LeBron James will be among the Miami Heat players expected in the lineup on Sunday when the reigning NBA champions open their preseason schedule at ...

Allen settling into new city, new role with Heat
Late Friday night, less than 12 hours before the first practice of Miami Heat training camp, reigning NBA MVP LeBron James updated his Facebook page ...

LeBron James: Champion Heat can be better
LeBron James looked at the assembled talent in the Miami Heat locker room, and one word came to mind. "Scary," he said. Translated, that means James ...
Heat's Bosh: Ready for camp, injury 'behind him'
Heat forward Chris Bosh insists food tasted better this summer. People were friendlier to him and his family. Everything, he said, seemed more fun.

12 in '12: Miller, Nellie 10 more enter hoops Hall
Reggie Miller wasn't always the biggest name in his own family. On Friday night, he was the top star in the biggest basketball Hall of Fame class in ...

Ravens poised to take next step in crowded AFC
Two years, two close calls, and two long offseasons pondering "what if" for the Baltimore Ravens. What if Billy Cundiff hadn't missed that chip-shot ...

LeBron savoring special summer
LeBron James squeezed his mom's hands, the way he did as a kid. Moments before being honored again in his hometown, where they still love him and ...
Guantanamo plea deal prisoner said to have a cat
A former Maryland resident who is detained at Guantanamo Bay seems to have acquired a cat at the isolated prison on a U.S. base in Cuba, a fellow ...

Wade says LeBron made Olympics seem 'effortless'
All LeBron James has done so far this year is win the NBA's MVP award for the third time, an NBA Finals MVP trophy to go along with that one, his ...

Column: Going out in style _ 'K Boys' golden again
They collected their rewards half a world away, in front of a crowd packed with enough big shots to rival the shine of the gold hanging from their ...

EYES ON LONDON: Happy dances, Gator pride, Twitter
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ FANCY ...

US men's basketball gets test, and LeBron wins it
It's a collection of superstars with MVP trophies, scoring titles and all sorts of impressive statistics. And it wasn't until the U.S.

EYES ON LONDON: Partying, and the Missile returns
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ ...

US team could get tough test from France in opener
As the world watched the queen, David Beckham and what seemed like all of England take part in the Olympic opening ceremonies, Mike Krzyzewski stayed ...

KEEP DREAM-ING
You get the sense that LeBron James doesn't want to hear another word about it. "Who's better — 1992 or 2012?" That's been a talking point for weeks, ...