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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paul George scored 28 points as the Indiana Pacers held off a late Miami Heat rally to maintain their playoff push on Sunday. George rallied the Pacers superbly after the Heat recovered from 93-85 down to take the lead with nine unanswered points with 4:10 to go in the fourth quarter. George hit a three-pointer to put the Pacers back in front before the hosts held on to clinch […]
ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — An American Cocker Spaniel named Miami won the top prize at Britain’s Crufts dog show in Birmingham on Sunday (March 12). The black, white and brown gundog, whose full name is Afterglow Miami Ink, was crowned “Best in Show” after four days of competing with nearly 22,000 other dogs from 56 countries. “Well, honestly, I’m shocked. I’m not surprised because he’s a fantastic dog, but because he’s hardly been shown. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Andrew Bogut limped out of his Cleveland Cavaliers debut on Monday after sustaining a leg injury during his new team’s clash with the Miami Heat. The Australian veteran collapsed to the court early in the second quarter after colliding with Heat forward Okaro White. Bogut was helped to the locker room by his teammates, clearly attempting to avoid putting weight on his left leg. The Cavaliers said Bogut would […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) –The Miami Heat opened the second half of the season on a winning note late Friday, scoring a season high 17 three pointers to beat the Atlanta Hawks 108-90. Guard Tyler Johnson scored 23 points off the bench for the Heat, who improved to 26-32 on the season and have won 15 of their last 17 games. Luke Babbitt led Miami’s three-point assault with four while Johnson and Wayne Ellington made […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The Miami Heat withstood a ferocious fourth quarter rally to upset the Golden State Warriors with a 105-102 victory on Monday. Dion Walters led the way with 33 points as Miami notched their fourth consecutive win on the way to ending the Warriors’s seven-game unbeaten run. The Heat were made to sweat for the victory, and came within a whisker of surrendering the initiative after the Warriors put together a […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Shaquille O’Neal fulfilled a promise in 2006 to bring Miami its first NBA championship and the Heat said thank you on Thursday by retiring his No. 32 jersey. The jersey was lifted to the rafters in an emotional but sometimes light-hearted halftime ceremony that included O’Neal’s mother, Lucille, arriving on the court behind the wheel of a scaled-down 18-wheel truck. It was a miniature version — right down to the […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 35 points to lead the New York Knicks to a 114-103 NBA victory over the short-handed Heat in Miami on Tuesday. Anthony shook off a slow start to connect on 13 of 27 shots from the field in an impressive display that included three three-pointers and two alley-oop dunks. “I finally found my rhythm after the first quarter,” Anthony said. “I was trying to find […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Dwyane Wade made two clutch free throws in the final seconds to help lift the Chicago Bulls to a 98-95 win over his former team in his first game back in Miami. Wade spent 13 seasons with the Heat before joining his hometown Bulls on a two-year deal worth an estimated $47 million. His return to Miami on Thursday night marked his first visit to AmericanAirlines Arena since his departure. […]
https://youtu.be/LR1eByFrTJk by Kerry Sheridan / with Leila Macor in Jacksonville MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida faced the most dangerous storm in living memory as Hurricane Matthew moved in from the Atlantic on Friday, threatening coastal cities with surging tides, torrential rain and 130 mile-an-hour winds. After cutting a deadly swath across the Caribbean and leaving more than 300 dead in Haiti — according to a senator from the hard-hit south of the country […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Miami Heat star Chris Bosh sought to give public proof of his fitness on Thursday, sharing videos of on-court workouts online as he targets the new season. The 11-time All-Star finished the last two seasons sidelined by Miami after undergoing treatment for blood clots. Bosh was at loggerheads with Miami last season, publicly pushing to return to action yet remaining sidelined. Bosh said in a video released via social media […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Authorities in the southern US state of North Carolina said Monday they are investigating the death of a deaf man who was fatally shot after a trooper tried to pull him over for speeding. Daniel Harris, 29, who used sign language to communicate, led trooper Jermaine Saunders on an eight-mile (13-kilometer) chase on Thursday that started on an interstate highway and ended outside his home in Charlotte, local television station […]
by Leila Macor Kerry Sheridan MIAMI, United States (AFP) Zika fears prompted US health authorities on Monday to issue a travel warning for a small section of Miami where local mosquitoes have spread the virus to 14 people, officials said. “We advise pregnant women to avoid travel to this area,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Tom Frieden, noting that the virus can cause the birth defect, microcephaly. The area to avoid […]
