MiamiHerald.com: David J. Neal http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/david-neal/index.html MiamiHerald.com: David J. Neal http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/columnists/david-neal/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2013 MiamiHerald.com David J. Neal 60 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:40:26 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[David J. Neal: On the brink, Miami Heat must now perform]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/17/3456579/david-j-neal-on-the-brink-miami.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/17/3456579/david-j-neal-on-the-brink-miami.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41 EDT

For Tuesday’s NBA Finals Game 6, the bus that rolls into AmericanAirlines Arena bringing the San Antonio Spurs should be painted like the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine. Maybe the Heat, which already sells jerseys in more flavors than Baskin-Robbins, should add one sprinkled with little question marks, Riddler-style.

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: Regardless of journey, Miami Heat’s current position seems clear]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/30/3423328/david-j-neal-regardless-of-journey.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/30/3423328/david-j-neal-regardless-of-journey.html Thu, 30 May 2013 00:01 EDT

Well, there the Heat is. Right where most of us expected it would be four games into this wrestling match with Indiana.

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: IndyCar needs new shot in South Florida]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/29/3421416/david-j-neal-indycar-needs-new.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/29/3421416/david-j-neal-indycar-needs-new.html Wed, 29 May 2013 00:01 EDT

Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 fell only two final green flag laps from being the best of the 97 Indy 500s. Three South Florida residents, led by winner Tony Kanaan, occupied the podium positions.

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The Heat gets who in the NBA Eastern Conference finals? Indiana? What, no (censored) Knicks?

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: Miami Heat must play matador and slay Chicago Bulls]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3397788/david-j-neal-miami-heat-must-play.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/15/3397788/david-j-neal-miami-heat-must-play.html Wed, 15 May 2013 00:01 EDT

Can the Heat please put this series out of our misery Wednesday night?

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: Indianapolis 500 was scene of Mom’s valuable lessons]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/10/3391722/david-j-neal-indianapolis-500.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/10/3391722/david-j-neal-indianapolis-500.html Fri, 10 May 2013 20:17 EDT

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Back when Foyt, Andrettis and Unsers defined auto racing in this country, that often meant Saturday would have been scheduled to be the first day of Indianapolis 500 qualifying, Pole Day. To me, Pole Day was the real Mother’s Day.

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: Gritty Bulls challenge Miami Heat’s core identity]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/08/3385930/david-j-neal-gritty-bulls-challenge.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/08/3385930/david-j-neal-gritty-bulls-challenge.html Wed, 08 May 2013 00:01 EDT

Now comes the game Heat fans should be nervous about: Game 2, at home, down 1-0 to Chicago.

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: Let the Miami Dolphins wallow in their own pity party]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/06/3382577/david-j-neal-let-the-miami-dolphins.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/06/3382577/david-j-neal-let-the-miami-dolphins.html Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00 EDT

The Dolphins sounded more like losers on this spring Sunday than they usually do on fall Sundays.

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen nesting with Miami Heat]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/23/3358949/chris-birdman-andersen-nesting.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/23/3358949/chris-birdman-andersen-nesting.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:01 EDT

The Heat’s new kid fits. That’s not always a lock, either in a school or in the schoolyard of a professional sports locker room.

]]> <![CDATA[David J. Neal: Tiger Woods appears more human as Masters looms]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/08/3329102/david-j-neal-tiger-woods-appears.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/08/3329102/david-j-neal-tiger-woods-appears.html Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00 EDT

You can gauge how the golfing public feels about Tiger Woods’ game by how long it takes to answer this question: For this week’s Masters, are you taking Tiger or The Field?

]]> <![CDATA[Penn State’s Joe Paterno just the latest campus king to fall]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/15/2896017/penn-states-joe-paterno-just-the.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/15/2896017/penn-states-joe-paterno-just-the.html Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:01 EDT

Hard to watch, now, isn’t it? Nobody ever thought just the sight of those bland Penn State uniforms and that craggy guy with the Poindexter glasses on the sideline could make skin crawl.

]]> <![CDATA[Superstars deliver on rainy night at World Masters Tour]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/24/2865403/superstars-deliver-on-rainy-night.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/24/2865403/superstars-deliver-on-rainy-night.html Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:01 EDT Saturday night at Sun Life Stadium, a stop of the World Soccer Masters Tour, set up like a dream of the late Joe Robbie:

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Little redeems as well as the polish of time. Damaging flaws become annoying quirks, abilities get exaggerated into superhuman powers, and it all seems so rosy.

]]> <![CDATA[NBA conspiracy theories resurface after LeBron-Durant no-call]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/16/2851895/nba-conspiracy-theories-resurface.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/16/2851895/nba-conspiracy-theories-resurface.html Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:00 EDT

The Heat and Oklahoma City get two days off before Sunday’s NBA Finals’ Game 3. No off days, however, for the sports conspiracy crowd that looks at the NBA the way the John Birch Society looks at the past 70 years.

]]> <![CDATA[Solution for Miami Heat is as simple as hitting free throws]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/05/2833041/solution-for-miami-heat-is-as.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/05/2833041/solution-for-miami-heat-is-as.html Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:01 EDT All the athletic health buzzwords — “evaluations,” “significant progress” and “premature” — departed Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s mouth regarding the possible Game 5 return of Chris Bosh and settled into a loop of attempted vague.

]]> <![CDATA[Miami Heat’s playoff dogfight begins in earnest with Indiana Pacers]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/17/2803145/miami-heats-playoff-dogfight-begins.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/17/2803145/miami-heats-playoff-dogfight-begins.html Thu, 17 May 2012 00:01 EDT The phrase, repeated by Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Wednesday, acts as calming admonition to the panicky among Heat followers and a warning to the brash.

]]> <![CDATA[Florida Panthers coach Kevin Dineen must choose between a hot goalie and experienced one]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/13/2744940/florida-panthers-coach-kevin-dineen.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/13/2744940/florida-panthers-coach-kevin-dineen.html Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:01 EDT Which way will he go? Which way will he go?

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