Forget Israel?

 

Come on guest posters, step up!

Four Kings?

Wow that was a great Heat game DCBA installation dinner on Saturday:

Trial lawyer Garrett Biondo is the incoming president of the Dade County Bar Association. He’s also a Miami Heat season-ticket holder who refuses to miss a big game.

But when it comes to Saturday’s Game 7 — arguably the biggest home affair in Heat history — he can’t be both.

At the same time the Heat and Celtics decide the Eastern Conference championship Saturday, Biondo will be about a mile south for his swearing in — at the Bar association’s black-tie gala, held at the Mandarin Oriental.

Think he’s disappointed? Imagine the 300 or so others in attendance who aren’t being recognized at the event. 

What grit, what determination -- Russomanno shoots, she scores!

Actually, congrats to the new officers at DCBA -- see you all in Oklahoma, USA:

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/08/2839958/game-7-mania-grips-miami-heat.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

Hi kids and welcome to Monday!

The Heat won, Magistrate Judge Vitunac retires in style, and it rained all night.

How can you stop the rain from falling down?

RIP Robin Gibb.

Allen Stanford Receiver Wants Miami Heat to Pay Money Back.

Oh I long for the days when we used to make fun of R. Allen Stanford.

Can anyone forget Bowman Brown's amazingly accurate "spidey sense" and deft way with a self-deprecating anecdote?

God I miss that material.

Well, there is hope:

The National Basketball Association’s Miami Heat was sued by the R. Allen Stanford receivership for allegedly collecting more than $1.3 million in ill-gotten gains from Stanford’s alleged fraud.

“The payments to the Miami Heat parties are related to Stanford’s sponsorship, advertising and promotional activities,” Ralph Janvey, the court-appointed receiver, said in a complaint filed today in Dallas federal court.

What is it with crooks and sports teams?

Remember how Scott Rothstein blew wads of dough getting close to sports stars so he could pretend he had a jump shot or could throw the ball just like Dan Marino?

Short Jews, what can I say.

Miami Heat: If We Sue Them, They Will Come.

The Miami Heat is facing hard times, with sports fans unable to pony up the dough to buy tickets the way they used to:

Cash-strapped fans are buying fewer tickets, and spending less when they do go to a game. Homestead resident Bob Pozza, who works for an appliance manufacturer, and his son Joe, 15, are attending fewer Heat games this year. ``And all the extra stuff we bought has been eliminated. Now, we eat before we get here.''

The Heat and Panthers have been hard hit. The Heat is averaging 17,530 tickets distributed per game, which ranks 16th of 30 teams and is down significantly from 19,635 last season.

The Panthers are averaging 15,156 tickets distributed per game, which is below last year's 15,436 and 25th among 30 teams. But the number of people who actually attend Heat and Panthers games is lower, sometimes significantly so.

''It's going to be a tough year for discretionary spending,'' Heat owner Micky Arison predicted in October. ``I know we're going to feel it with ticket sales. We're going to struggle.''

So, being sensitive to the tough economic times and all, the Heat has come up with a novel way to make sure their biggest fans are happy -- by suing them:

The Miami Heat is putting a full-court press on premium-seat holders and sponsors it claims haven't paid up.

The Heat or affiliate Basketball Properties, which operates the AmericanAirlines Arena, have filed 16 lawsuits in the past year against companies and people they claim owe about $1.6 million -- if not more. At least a few of the cases have been resolved.

The Heat has taken the most litigious approach among South Florida sports franchises to force customers and clients to honor agreements.

In other news, the publicly-financed Marlins Stadium is sure to be a huge huge success!