Sunshine Slate

[Orlando, FL] The Orlando Magic have cleaned house. Gone is the head coach, the GM, the assistant GM, the director of player development, six scouts and player Ish Smith. Could Dwight Howard be next? Esteemed sources say that the superstar center could possibly be traded to the Houston Rockets on Draft Day for two top [...]

[Boston, MA] In Game 5, the Miami Heat lost another close game. Chris Bosh returned in that game, but only for 14 minutes, which didn’t give Miami the much needed help on defense., In game 6 though, LeBron James showed why he is the MVP. James and the Heat came out on fire in the [...]

[Miami, FL] The Miami Heat came up losers against the Celtics in a tight Game 4 in Boston, which tied the Eastern Conference Finals series 2-2. Consequently, Miami needed a little something extra in Game 5 to give them a spark. Enter Heat power forward Chris Bosh, who was finally activated before Game 5 after [...]

[Boston, MA] During Friday night’s Game 3, the Boston Celtics survived a late-contest comeback push by the Miami Heat to defend their home court and go 2-1 in this tough Eastern Conference Finals series battle. The Heat gave themselves an opportunity by starting the final quarter off on a 19-6 run to cut the Celtics [...]

[Miami, FL] In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and the Miami Heat shredded the Boston Celtics in a blowout victory. Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo called out his teammates saying they needed to play more physically and not to back down. “You go to the hole, you’re going to [...]

[Miami, FL] In the season series between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat, the green and whites were 3-1. This had people speculating how if the Heat could actually win this series without Chris Bosh. On Sunday, Bosh participated in light workouts in practice, but the Heat still have him listed as being out [...]

[Orlando, FL] The Orlando City Lions remain the dominant force in the third tier of U.S. professional soccer. Even in the face of tough league competition (LA Blues, Charlotte Eagles) and an even tougher schedule that saw them play 4 games in 8 days, the Lions have risen to the challenges laid out before them. [...]

[Indianapolis, IN] In Game 5, the Miami Heat blew-out the Indiana Pacers. After the game, NBA legend and Pacers owner Larry Bird said his team played soft, S-O-F-T. But, in Game 5, there were many hard fouls from both teams. Udonis Haslem committed a hard, flagrant 1 foul on Tyler Hansbrough, who himself had committed [...]

[Sanford, FL] On Tuesday night, the Orlando City Lions professional soccer team played the first of three games this week (which will actually make it four games in eight days). A tough stretch for any team. The Tuesday night match-up was against the KC Athletics as part of the knockout Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup [...]

[Miami, FL] In Game 4, the Indiana Pacers simply could not stop Dwyane Wade and LeBron James in the second half. The Big 2 had reasons enough to rise to the occasion, as it was a must-win contest for the Miami Heat, who could have been down 3-1 in a tough series with a loss. [...]

[Orlando, FL] It was inevitable, really. After a disastrous season filled with more drama than one of those Spanish-language soap operas that I can’t understand but somehow they still draw me in, the Orlando Magic announced that they have parted ways with both their head coach and their general manager. Yes, the reign of terror [...]

[Indianapolis, IN] There was a lot of bad blood between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers before Game 4 – on Sunday, in Indy – even got started. In Game 3, Indiana’s Lance Stephenson gave LeBron James the “choke” sign after James missed 2 free throws. In warm-ups before Sunday’s game, Heat veteran and [...]

[The Next Wave, FL] The ugliest elements in human nature are showing their head at everywhere point break. Human nature, like surfing, is paradoxical — a love/hate pastime. More and more people know the unrivaled pleasure of being out with a few mates as the “glass off session” unrolls. The therapeutic effect of the ocean, [...]

[Indianapolis, IN] In Game 2, the Miami Heat missed a bunch of opportunities late in the game, which cost them the game. And with Thursday night’s loss in Game 3, those missed opportunities may lead to them losing this series. For both contests Miami was missing one of their famed Big 3 -  forward Chris [...]

[Miami, FL] On Saturday, Miami Heat superstar LeBron James was awarded with the NBA MVP award, the 3rd MVP award of his career and the first MVP won by a Heat player. Although he was proud of the individual achievement, he said he wants the big prize, an NBA championship. After beating the New York [...]

[Miami, FL] After a loss in Game 4, the Miami Heat traveled back to Miami to try and win the series. In the last game, there was not much bench production and overall, the New York Knicks triumphed out of desperation. But in Game 5, the Heat gave it their all and showed why they [...]

[New York, NY] After coming off a blowout win in Game 3, the visiting Miami Heat were looking to advance to the Semifinals with a Game 4 win against the New York Knicks on Sunday. In Game 3, the story was the absence of NY’s Amar’e Stoudemire, who didn’t play because of the hand injury [...]

[Orlando, FL] The Orlando City Lions remain undefeated on the season after winning a dramatic hometown match against the visiting Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Saturday at the Florida Citrus Bowl in front 6,722. The 3-2 victory wasn’t an easy one, however. The first half of play consisted of both teams flexing their defensive muscles. In fact, [...]

[Orlando, FL] You certainly couldn’t fault the effort by the Orlando Magic in Game 4. The hometown squad was being outplayed by the bigger and more talented Indiana Pacers. But through sheer desire, guts and determination the Magic came back (quite improbably) from a 19-point deficit to take this one into OT, where they ran [...]

[New York, NY] In Game 2, the Miami Heat manhandled the New York Knicks in the second half, and ended up winning the game by 10. But the biggest headline was triggered by what went down after the game. On the way to the locker room, Knicks power forward Amar’e Stoudemire punched the glass case [...]