Big Story:
Finally….the NBA has come back….to South Florida…plus, the Hurricanes turn into a depression Saturday, the Panthers keep up pace in the Southeast division, the Urban legend is alive in Columbus, and Tim Tebow still stinks.
Let's hit this agenda harder than Italy's credit rating hits the floor.

Miami Heat:
Yes, I can finally write about the Miami Heat again and not have to talk about CBA's, revenue sharing, or other bargaining terms…wait, I just did…*facepalm*
The Heat now have to start assembling a roster for the coming season after the NBA and players reached a tentative deal.
It's going to be tough for the Heat though with the amount of salary they have committed to the current team.
The Heat's salary cap is roughly $65 million right now.
The team will keep the following players: LeBron, Bosh, D-Wade, Udonis Haslem, Joel Anthony, Eddie House, and possibly Mario Chalmers, and Dexter Pittman.
Obviously, the Heat need some bulk up front and some perimeter shooting.
The question for the Heat is will they keep Mike Miller and his $5 million per season salary.
He could get amnestied under a new provision, which will allow teams to release a player with a bad contract and not have it count against the salary cap.
It's a one-time deal, so the Heat will have to decide if Miller is worth keeping around.
In addition, the Heat now have a full mid-level exception to use to try and lure a big man to the team.
Who will they target?
The big man at the top of the Heat's wish list is Sacramento Kings center Samuel Dalembert.
He's roughly a 7 foot center who can rebound and block shots fairly well. He's also good at putting the ball back on offensive rebounds.
He's not an offensive force, but the Heat need an athletic big man to go down low and he fits the bill.
But, is he worth a multi-year contract for the mid-level exception?
Tough call, but we'll get into it more in stories on cbsmiami.com/sports today.
(CHEAP PLUG)
See what I did there? Ha.

Miami Hurricanes:
Wow, talk about pathetic.
All Miami had to do was wipe the floor with the worst team in the ACC and finish the season with a respectable 7-5 record.
So what did Miami do?
They got their rear-ends handed to them by Boston College.
The only thing missing from the game was Doug Flutie abusing the Hurricanes defense.
In some ways though, it was the perfect ending to the supposed super recruiting class of former Northwestern High students.
They came in with all the hype and went out, essentially, a team full of below-average players.
Part of it was due to Randy Shannon, true, but a performance like Friday's was the perfect punctuation of why the Canes have been a bottom feeder the last several years.
Al Golden secured his long-term contract, and given the pathetic roster he inherited, getting this team to 6 wins was impressive.
Now, the Canes head into an off-season that could be filled with headlines the team doesn't want to see from the NCAA.
I am curious though as to when the official notice of allegations against the school is finally released by the NCAA.
The Canes are committed to Golden, now we'll see just how good he can be at pulling a second-straight program out of the doldrums of college football.

Panthers:
Just when I was about to compliment the Panthers on continued winning, they go and get thumped by Tampa Bay.
Still, the Panthers are in first place in the Southeast division by three points over the Washington Capitals.
The Panthers defense has been particularly impressive, giving up just 59 goals this season.
The team improved its home record to 5-2-4 last week and have a 7-5-0 record on the road.
The Panthers are also 6-3-1 in their last ten games.
Hey, considering they have one game left in November and they're in first place…anything's possible.
They're kind of like South Florida's Mitt Romney.
Sports fans down here look for anything else to cheer for, but if they keep their current pace, many will finally come around as the season winds down.

Urban Meyer:
Thanks for coming to the party ESPN.
As every major sports media outlet has reported for the last week, including cbsmiami.com last week, ESPN finally confirmed that Urban Meyer is the new head coach at Ohio State University.
I'm shocked aren't you?
Here's the thing about Meyer, that I mentioned in my story about him last week.
He will come to a school, find his ideal quarterback to run his system.
He'll ride the quarterback for four years to unparalleled heights.
The quarterback will leave and Urban will soon follow.
Don't believe me?
When he was at Utah, he had Alex Smith who ran his offense to perfection.
Smith graduated and Urban was headed out soon thereafter.
When he was at UF, he had Tim Tebow who was tailor-made for the offense.
Tebow left, and Urban left the next year.
Now, at OSU he has a quarterback that fits his system in Braxton Miller.
Miller is a much-better runner than he is thrower, so expect the run-option to become prevalent at Ohio State.
Miller will be there the next three years, and if Meyer doesn't have a number two option in house, he'll be hard-pressed to stay with the Buckeyes.
Here's the biggest question for Meyer.
What made him a success at Florida was his ability to recruit the heck out of Florida which has the fastest players in the nation.
Now, he's going to Big Ten country.
Will he have the ability to continue to recruit the Sunshine State for the speed his offense desperately needs, or will the Sunshine State recruiting doors be closed for Buckeye business?
He's going to win, but for how long is still to be determined.
He's going to have great offensive and defensive linemen, OSU always does. But can he get the perimeter speed to compete nationally?
That's another ball game altogether.

Tim Tebow:
First let's get a few things out of the way.
Tim Tebow is winning in Denver running a spread-option-run offense.
Second, I like Tim Tebow as a person and think he's good for sports in general.
Now, let's get to the meat of this.
Tim Tebow is not improving on the season, he completed 50 percent of his passes Sunday and that's supposed to quiet critics like myself.
Look, the Broncos have improved dramatically on defense under John Fox.
The team can also run the ball well too.
But, it's a gimmick offense.
Let's take Dolphins fans back a minute here.
Remember the Wildcat? Oh yes, the single-wing offense that took the NFL by storm in 2008.
The Fins ran it and ran through teams to the playoffs thanks to the novelty of it and thanks to Chad Pennington not turning the ball over.
Fast forward to now.
The Broncos are running a similar offense, though Tebow runs it much better.
Now, people are expecting me to believe that when Tebow and the Broncos run into the Patriots, Ravens, Steelers in the playoffs that this offense can succeed?
Seriously?
Like I said, I like Tebow. I hope he improves as a passer enough to stay in the league.
If he does, I'll be the first to say I was wrong.
But until the Broncos prove that year after year the team can run this offense successfully, then I'm not convinced he's a NFL quarterback.
He's this year's Kordell Stewart or Vince Young.
He just has a much better defense.