Alonzo Mourning was the tallest author at the Miami Book Fair on Sunday. Mourning came downtown to sign copies of his new biography, Resilience, in which he writes with typical Zo passion and bluntness about his difficult youth, his foster mother, his comeback from a kidney transplant and his championship season with the Heat.
For those who loved Bryan Pata, the pain will never cease. It will ebb, then intensify at odd moments or when milestones pass. Friday marks the two-year anniversary of his death.
The election of Barack Obama as the first black president in U.S. history has flooded us with hope that we might live in a postracial society.
The Miami Heat hasn't named a starting center or a point guard, not to mention a dependable rotation. The Heat's best three-point shooter is out for three months after wrist surgery. The second biggest man on the roster broke his hand in Paris.
Let's not call it a quarterback controversy. University of Miami football coach Randy Shannon is not caught between the horns of a dilemma. Horn of plenty, yes, but dilemma, no.
Javarris James ran hard Wednesday. He looked smooth. He looked strong. He looked ready. But James isn't going to sugarcoat his situation. He's not the type to put lipstick on a pig.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Florida Panthers have a new coach and a new season, starting with Friday's 6-4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
The last place we expected to see Indy 500 and Dancing With The Stars champion Helio Castroneves was in a courtroom, shuffling across the floor in shackles.
The last time we saw Kimbo Slice he was punching the cauliflower ear of James ''The Colossus'' Thompson until it burst like a piņata -- except that blood spurted out, not candy.
John Wooden never used profane language after the day his father gave him a ''licking'' for cursing. If any of the Wizard's UCLA players ever said something out of line, they were kicked out of practice.
A few weeks ago, a Dolphins victory over the New England Patriots seemed as likely as the nationalization of the U.S. financial industry.
Among the mysteries of the universe is why South Florida keeps ignoring its entertaining baseball team. The experts finally figured out what Stonehenge was. Perhaps those same experts can look into the puzzling paucity of Marlins fans.
How do you measure school spirit? For Kevin Perez and his friends in Blue Man Crew, it's in gallons of body paint. Perez is a member of Pi Kappa Phi at Florida International University, the ''only fraternity to bleed blue and gold.'' They are students first, but football fanatics, too.
F lorida International University doesn't have the cachet of Notre Dame or the monopoly of Nebraska or the glittering tradition of Southern Cal.
Lance Armstrong is back in the saddle -- just as we expected. Is there anyone less constituted for retirement? Is there anyone more abhorrent of a vacuum?
It is awful to imagine the terror and brutality that invaded Sean Taylor's home in the middle of the night. Taylor, awakened by suspicious noises, tried to protect himself, his girlfriend and their baby by grabbing a machete hidden under his bed. But he had no chance. He was shot in the groin by an intruder, the bullet ripping through his femoral artery. He lost a tremendous amount of blood. He is hanging on, in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.
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