Top Sports Things To Be Excited About In 2015
2014 may not have been the best year for sports in South Florida, but it could've been a lot worse.
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2014 may not have been the best year for sports in South Florida, but it could've been a lot worse.
Chris Bosh scored 26 points, Dwyane Wade scored 10 of his 25 points in the final minutes and the Miami Heat held off the Brooklyn Nets 88-84 on Sunday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
The struggling Miami Heat will have their hands full on Sunday against a streaking team from New York.
James Harden scored 28 points, Dwight Howard added 23 and the Houston Rockets rolled to a 115-79 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday night, rebounding quite nicely from their most lopsided loss of the season.
The Houston Rockets used solid defense to key an outstanding start this season, but those kind ofperformances have been difficult to come by lately.
The face of the Miami Heat franchise over the past decade is still going strong.
.J. Miles wants to see the same sort of fight that Indiana showed in the third period be a part of its game in every quarter.
Another year has come and gone and South Florida has had its fair share of interesting sports stories over the past twelve months.
Dwyane Wade and company are hoping that a couple games on the road will help the Miami Heat get back on track.
Chris Bosh has returned to the Miami Heat lineup after missing the team's previous eight games with a strained left calf muscle.
Nikola Vucevic scored 26 points, Victor Oladipo scored seven of his 22 in the final minutes and the Orlando Magic beat the Miami Heat 102-101 on Monday night.
The Miami Heat have had a rough go of it lately but could be getting one of their most productive players back in the lineup on Monday.
The Miami Heat had several chances to complete their comeback on Saturday night, but just couldn't get over the hump.
he Memphis Grizzlies have lost as many games in the last seven days as they did through the first seven weeks of the season, and coach Dave Joerger blames it on defense.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade wrapped each other in a pregame embrace, chatted and laughed at halftime, then hugged again after the final buzzer.
Christmas Day could bring a different kind of 'cheer' to the American Airlines Arena. The booing kind.
LeBron James doesn't have any apprehension for this homecoming.
Dwyane Wade has no problem if Josh Smith decides to join the Miami Heat.
The Miami Heat are looking to build some momentum during a season-long 7-game homestand.
Finding out shortly before the game that Dwyane Wade would be sitting out with a bruised right knee could have sent the reeling Heat into an even bigger tailspin.
Gordon Hayward scored 29 points, Enes Kanter added 18 and the Utah Jazz overcame 42 points from Dwyane Wade to beat the Miami Heat 105-87 on Wednesday night.
After winning 69 of their 82 games at American Airlines Arena over the previous two seasons, home has not been kind to the Heat so far in 2014-15.
Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, and the Miami Heat beat the Brooklyn Nets 95-91 on Tuesday night.
Police say they found two adult men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the area of Northwest 5th Avenue between 6th and 7th Street Tuesday night.
Gustav Forsling hammered a shot past Brandon Bussi with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Florida Panthers past the reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 in the season opener.
The Children's Services Council says the property tax measure would slash funding for after-school, swim, and youth crime programs.
A series of grants is allowing the Poverello Center to reach beyond its traditional client base.
Streets and parking lots went under Tuesday as rain and king tides combined across South Florida.
Police say they found two adult men suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the area of Northwest 5th Avenue between 6th and 7th Street Tuesday night.
Gustav Forsling hammered a shot past Brandon Bussi with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Florida Panthers past the reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 in the season opener.
The Children's Services Council says the property tax measure would slash funding for after-school, swim, and youth crime programs.
A series of grants is allowing the Poverello Center to reach beyond its traditional client base.
Streets and parking lots went under Tuesday as rain and king tides combined across South Florida.
A South Florida man has reunited with his wife after a federal judge ordered his immediate release following eight months in ICE detention.
An FIU expert says the timing of the Army's Cuba planning message may be tied to South Florida political interests.
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
Campaign finance records and tax filings raise questions about how $5 million moved through Secure Florida's Future.
Florida voters deserve to hear the candidates address property taxes, insurance, the economy, education, health care, and other major issues facing the state.
Rodriguez criticized Salazar's response to Trump's immigration policies and said she has failed to address the cost of living.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
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