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SPORTS COLUMNIST
Linda Robertson has been a reporter at The Herald since 1983. She writes sports features and columns and has covered both the Winter and Summer Olympics beat.
E-mail Linda at lrobertson@miamiherald.com
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Crazy dream turns into Tour de France reality for Key Biscayne’s Andrew Talansky
A kid from Key Biscayne takes on the Tour de France, the world’s most spectacular and grueling bike race.
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In My Opinion
Linda Robertson: Miami Heat’s LeBron James enjoying his reign
LeBron James is in Mount Rushmore company now, earning comparisons to basketball’s legends.
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Linda Robertson: Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade saves his best for last
The Miami Heat has been called LeBron James’ team and Pat Riley’s grand creation. The Heat has been called a coalition of mercenaries, a “Hollywood as hell” superstar trio in a city not renowned for its subtlety.
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Linda Robertson: Miami Heat’s LeBron James awakens just in time
For much too much of Game 6, LeBron James reverted to the 2011 version of himself. He was settling. Settling for jump shots. Settling for assists. Deferring. Drifting.
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Linda Robertson: Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra learned valuable lessons from his father
Jon Spoelstra never pictured his son as a professional basketball coach. He was acquainted with coaches in his job as an NBA marketing executive, and always regarded them as competition junkies, high when winning, strung out when losing, jittery between games.
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Linda Robertson: Regardless of verdict, UM and NCAA both need reform
University of Miami president Donna Shalala flashed the “U” sign with her hands as she left an Indianapolis hotel conference room Thursday during the NCAA hearing that is a precursor to a verdict on the school’s football and basketball transgressions.
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Linda Robertson: Heat’s Erik Spoelstra, Spurs’ Gregg Popovich put on coaching clinic in NBA Finals
If we could get inside the heads of Erik Spoelstra and Gregg Popovich, stick a braincam in there, we would enjoy viewing an additional spectacle during the NBA Finals.
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In My Opinion | Linda Robertson
Linda Robertson: Busy backcourt led by Mario Chalmers sets pace for Miami Heat in Game 2
The Miami Heat embarked on Game 2 of the NBA Finals burdened with the most overused term in playoff basketball. It was a “must-win” showdown.
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Linda Robertson: Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs’ contrasts evident in LeBron James, Tim Duncan
The contrasting styles of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs could be seen in splendid microcosm by watching LeBron James churn and Tim Duncan pirouette in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
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Linda Robertson: Spurs’ Tony Parker a headache for foes in any language
What was Tony Parker up to after his San Antonio Spurs swept the Memphis Grizzlies and waited for Miami to advance to the NBA Finals?
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In My Opinion
Linda Robertson: No excuse for cheating by athletes
America’s former pastime is staggering again.
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IN MY OPINION
Linda Robertson: Spurs’ Big 3 will seek to burnish legacy against Miami Heat in NBA Finals
There is another Big 3 in basketball. They strap into the roller coaster known as the NBA Finals seeking a legacy.
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Linda Robertson: Miami Heat’s Big 3 not put together to finish second
It took a do-or-die Game 7 to reincarnate the Big 3.
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In My Opinion | Linda Robertson
Linda Robertson: Underdog Pacers giving the Heat a true test
The Heat ought to be peaking as it weaves its way through the playoffs toward a third consecutive appointment in the climactic NBA Finals.
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Linda Robertson: Heat-Pacers is riveting theater
The NBA playoffs are like a soap opera or telenovela, oozing melodrama. The scripts of heroes and villains change with each game. The acting and the musical cues have no subtlety. There’s blood, tears, insults, tantrums, mouthpieces gnashed to a pulp. Feelings get hurt, revenge tastes sweet, and the audience keeps watching, no matter how long it takes to find out who triumphs.
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Linda Robertson: Miami Heat needs to stay in attack mode in paint
The Heat has been searching for its attacking mind-set like a driver trying to find his misplaced set of car keys.
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Linda Robertson | In My Opinion
Linda Robertson: Miami Heat’s long-range game missing the mark
The Miami Heat’s three-point shooters have been acting like a dormant volcano. They are bound to erupt, but when?
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Linda Robertson: Chris Bosh needs to be more than an X-factor for Miami Heat
Chris Bosh predicted his clashes with Indiana center Roy Hibbert, the prototypical 7-2 immovable object, would be pivotal to the fulfillment of the Miami Heat’s Eastern Conference championship aspirations.
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Linda Robertson: Chicago Bulls gasp as Miami Heat cuts lifeline
Early on, it appeared the spent and sore Chicago Bulls were going to take their medicine and go home for some well-deserved R&R.
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