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A photo before Game 1 of the Heat-Boston playoff series:
Oh, and there were some empty seats before Game Two last night:
(Credit)
Nice to see Sammy Sosa scoring courtside.
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DISCLAIMER: Before you click through to the video, no, you can’t have those :53 seconds of your life back. Read more…
I lived in Miami in 2008 and quickly learned there’s really only two areas you want to live if you’re anywhere near downtown: South Beach or Coconut Grove.
(James’ commute is 15 minutes - with South Beach a postgame bridge away)
Both are centers of activity in more ways than one but Coconut Grove is certainly more family friendly, hence LeBron James putting down stakes in the latter with a recent $9 million manse acquisition.
(Full rundown of the neighborhood)
James’ tri-level, 12,000 square-foot estate was built in 2010 on a 20,000 square-foot lot. The abode has Biscayne Bay views from every room and boasts a concrete dock which can fit up to two 60-foot yachts.
(Photo credit: Obeo.com)
The house was originally listed at $12 milllion but James - apparently - snapped it up for $3 million less.
James sidekick baby mama Savannah Brinson would most likely be delighted with the decision to stay away from South Beach, but since she’s wintering with the kids in Akron(!) I have a feeling Maverick Carter & Co. are all set to reenact Entourage. Read more…
Much has been made about LeBron James bumping Miami Heat coach Eric Spoelstra last night during the Heat’s 106-95 loss at Dallas.
The video is somewhat compelling, especially given James’ arm flourish at the end - which may have punctuated a deliberate non-verbal message. Or not.
While playing for Cleveland that year, James was also walking to the bench during a timeout when he appeared to initiate a shoulder-to-shoulder collision with then-Cavaliers Coach Mike Brown.
But in that case, there was an overheard angle to the video. An angle that appears to show James turning into Brown before the two collided. Read more…
Multiple sources have confirmed to me in the past week that ESPN has designs on hiring Cleveland Cavaliers beat reporter Brian Windhorst away from the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER to cover the Miami Heat this season for ESPN.com.
Windhorst, who has covered the Cavs sinces 2003, has not been available for comment in the past week, though he did file a story for the Plain Dealer yesterday and has yet to announce a change of address publicly. Sources tell me that a deal between Windhorst and ESPN has not yet been finalized.
Windhorst already has ties to Bristol. Since 2006, he’s contributed to ESPN.com and ESPN2’s First Take television show on a part-time basis. He also reportedly has a home in Jupiter, Florida - a relatively short drive from Miami.
Late last week ESPN was also in the process of hiring another well-known, Miami-based NBA reporter to cover the Heat for ESPN.com. Read more…
Here’s one of the forms the Miami Heat is requiring media members to fill out if they want to cover the team during training camp:
The form requires a social security number, driver’s license number, date of birth, and other sensitive personal info.
(Sorry gang, no web access inside the gym either)
So why does the Heat need that information from a media member? Read more…
Doug Lesmerises of the CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER reports that Terrelle Pryor has other things on his mind as the Buckeyes prepare for the Univ. of Miami on Saturday in Columbus.
(Pryor on his “mentor”: “He’s a Buckeye. He’s a Buckeye.”)
Lesmerises reports that the OSU quarterback believes LeBron James “plans to attend” the Hurricanes-Ohio State game. That fact has Pryor so worried about the behavior of Buckeye fans - in response to LeBron - that he sent a message to the OSU faithful through the media: Read more…
Last Friday John Mayer played the Cleveland-area Blossom Music Center. For the encore, he hit the stage wearing a Cleveland Cavaliers jersey.
Mayer said while wearing the jersey, “Our last show of this tour (September 11 in Miami) I’m going to come out on stage wearing this in Miami.”
Cool! One small detail though. The show isn’t in Miami. Read more…
The LeBron James self-immolation parade continues this week as he’s back with more third person, revisionist wisdom in an interview with GQ magazine.
(Pinata endorsement part of the plan?)
Here’s some samples of the remarks James recently made to GQ writer J.R. Moehringer:
“It’s not far, but it is far. And Clevelanders, because they were the bigger-city kids when we were growing up, looked down on us.… So we didn’t actually like Cleveland. We hated Cleveland growing up. There’s a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.”
Despite those comments, James also curiously claimed to Moehringer that he’d consider one day returning to the Cavs:
“If there was an opportunity for me to return and those fans welcome me back, that’d be a great story.”
Somehow I think that story though won’t be authored by current Cavs owner Dan Gilbert. James, once again speaking in third person: Read more…
Fansnap.com reports from the bleeding edge of insanity ticketing technology that the average ticket price for the Miami Heat home opener against the Orlando Magic on Oct. 29 is $805:
