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Miami Hurricanes pick up 2010 basketball recruit

The University of Miami picked up its first basketball commitment for its 2010 class late Monday night when guard Rion Brown, a standout at Georgia's Hinesville Liberty County High, called coach Frank Haith to tell him to save him a scholarship.

Brown, a 6-5, 190-pound shooting guard, is the son of CBA all-time leading scorer Tico Brown. He's ranked 44th in the Rivals.com Top 150 and ranked the 22nd-best swingman in the country according to Scout.com.

Brown said the allure of playing in the ACC and for a coach who helped Jack McClinton reach the NBA was what pulled him toward Miami and away from Georgia, Virginia and Alabama.

Three-pointers propel Hurricanes over Owls

Give Florida Atlantic this: The Owls hung with -- and actually led -- UM for six minutes Saturday.

The final 34? They were all the about the U.

The Hurricanes punished their neighbors to the north on the inside and knocked down eight three-pointers to earn a comfortable 87-69 victory in the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic at BankAtlantic Center.

Miami Heat's Quentin Richardson playing big

As Quentin Richardson continued to drain threes, score in the post and play solid defense on Brandon Roy on Tuesday, a flabbergasted Trail Blazers Portland fan who had been vocal the entire game leaned over a railing and directed a question to the South Florida reporters covering the game.

``Is this Richardson's best game of the season?''

It had been the best game for the Heat's starting small forward, who put up 20 points and nine rebounds in his first start since missing four games with a bad back.

Miami Dolphins' Gibril Wilson: I'm the starter; Obama a fan of Jason Taylor

A six pack of Dolphins:

Gibril Wilson wants to make one thing clear: He said he has not lost his starting safety job, even though Chris Clemons was on the field instead to open the Jets game. ``That was just a certain package,'' Wilson said. Yeremiah Bell ``and I are still the starters. Nobody needs to get antsy.''

Clemons, who often was paired with Nate Jones at safety, played 48 snaps -- 23 on defense. Wilson, teamed with Bell, played 58 and had ``his best game of the year,'' coach Tony Sparano said. Wilson bristles at fans criticizing him on talk shows -- ``if you're ignorant to the situation, you tend to say ignorant things'' -- and said his good play Sunday ``is not a shock to me.'' He was great as a blitzer.

Miami Heat runs out of gas at end of trip

It was an opportunity for a season-defining moment Saturday night, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

An opportunity to end a season-long road trip with a winning record. An opportunity to defeat a Thunder team that has been playing well and had already defeated the Heat once this season. An opportunity to, officially, swing things in the right direction. Turns out it was a wasted chance.

The Heat lost 98-80 to the Thunder, ending the road trip at a respectable 3-3, but ending it on a disappointing note nonetheless.