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Miami hires Clemson’s Dan Radakovich as new athletic director: Source
Miami has been searching for an AD since mid-November when it parted ways with Blake James after a 31-28 loss to rival Florida State, which dropped the Hurricanes to 5-5 at the time. → Read More
Miami safety Avantae Williams arrested, charged with aggravated battery
Miami has suspended Williams from all team activities following his arrest. → Read More
‘There’s no way this happens if it’s them’: Angry women’s golf coaches blame NCAA, host LSU for failed championship qualifier – The Athletic
“If the greens are playable, and there’s no lightning, you play," said Miami coach Patti Rizzo, who blamed tournament officials. → Read More
Ranking Dwyane Wade’s biggest game-winning shots — and this last one is in the top two – The Athletic
Wade has made 35 of 137 pressure-packed shots and has 18 game-winners for the Heat, including 13 with under five seconds to play. → Read More
The two best teams in the SEC might be the two best in the country — again
The Alabama Crimson Tide, which has won the SEC 26 times, was selected by 193 of the 284 voters at last month’s SEC media days to beat the Georgia Bulldogs, last year’s SEC champion, in a rematch of last year’s national championship game. → Read More
Rematch in ACC title game could decide which team gets into College Football Playoff
The Clemson Tigers, who posted a 12-2 record and earned a College Football Playoff berth for the third consecutive year in 2017, were picked by 139 out of 148 ACC media members last month to beat the Miami Hurricanes in a rematch of last year’s conference championship game. → Read More
How the Florida State Seminoles should fare during first season under new coach
The Florida State Seminoles hired head coach Willie Taggart after Jimbo Fisher left to take the job at Texas A&M. FSU begins its season Sept. 3 against the Virginia Teach Hokies. → Read More
Grading the Florida State Seminoles entering 2018 season
The Florida State Seminoles have a new head coach in Willie Taggart, who takes over for Jimbo Fisher. Quarterback Deondre Francois returns after suffering a season-eneding injury in the Seminoles 2017 opener against Alabama. → Read More
How the Miami Hurricanes should fare during a season of great expectations
The Miami Hurricanes have their sights set on a return to the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship game with starting quarterback Malik Rosier leading the way. UM starts its season Sept. 2 against the LSU Tigers. → Read More
Grading the Miami Hurricanes entering 2018 season
The Miami Hurricanes enter the 2018 regular season to repeat as the champions in the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division. Quarterback Malik Rosier enters his second year as the starter, while head coach Mark Richt enters his third season. → Read More
Heat reportedly agrees to training camp invite with forward Jarnell Stokes
Forward Jarnell Stokes, who was named G-League MVP in 2016 when he led the Sioux Falls Skyforce to the league championship, has reportedly agreed to a partially guaranteed deal with the team according to multiple reports. → Read More
Briante Weber reportedly agrees to partially guaranteed deal with Miami Heat
According to Yahoo! Sports, Briante Weber, who played a game with Miami during the 2015-2016 season and helped win a G-League championship with the Heat’s affiliate the Sioux Falls Skyforce that same season, has agreed to a partially guaranteed deal with the Heat. → Read More
Dwyane Wade fields questions on China, future with Miami Heat and more
As the calendar continues to inch closer to the middle of the month, its clear Wade, 36, still hasn’t made his mind up and is in no rush to do so. One thing Wade made clear: if he does play it will not be overseas in China or for another NBA team. → Read More
NBA schedule released: When the Heat will face LeBron’s Lakers, Kawhi’s Raptors here
The NBA released its schedule for the 2018-19 season on Friday at 4 p.m. After opening the season with back-to-back road games in Orlando and Washington, the Miami Heat will play its first home game at AmericanAirlines Arena Oct. 20 against the Charlotte Hornets. → Read More
Where Heat open regular season and a player the team wants to be more offensive-minded
Though the NBA schedule is not expected to be finalized or fully released until Friday, we learned Wednesday the Heat will open the regular season with back-to-back road games at the Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards on Oct. 17 and 18. → Read More
Oddsmakers, experts set predicted win total for Heat. Plus, Whiteside, Adebayo notes
Less than a week after ESPN’s analytics department predicted the Heat to finish with 44.8 wins — sixth seed again in the Eastern Conference — the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Sunday set the Heat’s over/under line for wins at 41.5. → Read More
Heat’s Whiteside shares insights from ‘good meeting’ with Spoelstra, African safari
Hassan Whiteside said he’s ready to put both his struggles and complaints about reduced playing time behind him and is looking forward to a fresh start with coach Erik Spoelstra when the Miami Heat gets back together for training camp. → Read More
Heat teammate on Dwyane Wade’s $25M offer from Chinese team: ‘I hope he stays with us’
Rodney McGruder, who played in only 18 games last season after returning from a stress fracture in his left leg, said he’s looking forward to the start of Miami Heat training camp in September despite the heavy competition expected for minutes. → Read More
Here’s how much Heat’s Dwyane Wade’s ‘monster deal’ to play in China is reportedly worth
According to Sportando, the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association offered the Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade a three-year, $25 million deal to play overseas in lieu of a 16th year in the NBA. → Read More
A Chinese team is reportedly prepared to offer Heat’s Dwyane Wade a ‘monster deal’
The Xinjiang Flying Tigers reportedly are prepared to offer 36-year-old guard Dwyane Wade “a monster deal” to get him to play in the Chinese Basketball Association this fall instead of a 16th season in the NBA with the Miami Heat. → Read More