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Ira Winderman
Ira Winderman is a sports reporter for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, specializing in coverage of the NBA and Miami Heat, having covered the team since its 1988 inception. He is a co-author of The Complete Encyclopedia of Basketball, having won awards for his coverage from the Professional Basketball Writers Association and Florida Sports Writers Association.
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Miami Heat acquire Los Angeles Clippers’ Norman Powell in trade for Kyle Anderson and Kevin Love
In their first major swing of the offseason personnel period, the Miami Heat have added much needed scoring punch with a trade for Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell.

Fly Eagles Fly? Not to Pat Riley, who can cash in his ‘Three-Peat’ trademark if Chiefs win Super Bowl.
With a Kansas City Chiefs victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, Pat Riley again will be able to cash in with his Three-Peat trademark from his championship coaching days with the...

Dwyane Wade, 43, reveals cancer diagnosis, with kidney surgery over a year ago
Dwyane Wade revealed on his "The Why" with Dwyane Wade podcast that 40% of his right kidney was removed during a December 2023 procedure.

As Jimmy Butler’s Heat suspension ends, Dwyane Wade sees ‘tragic’ loss for all involved
It's the end game of Jimmy Butler's seven-game suspension by the Miami Heat — and the situation is nonetheless ongoing.

Butler suspended seven games without pay for ‘conduct detrimental to team’; Heat career likely over
The tipping point apparently came in the wake of Wednesday's victory over the New Orleans Pelicans when it came to Jimmy Butler's souring relationship with the Miami Heat turning toxic.

Jimmy Butler says joy is lost with the Heat. Can he get it back in Miami? ‘Probably not.’
The Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler appear to have reached a point of no return, with rumor and conjecture of a trade desire turning into something more tangible.

‘We are not trading Jimmy Butler,’ says Miami Heat President Pat Riley
In the wake of increasing conjecture of Jimmy Butler pushing for a trade and the team considering a trade, Miami Heat President Pat Riley on Thursday issued a terse and...

‘Like that’s crazy. Who is that guy?’ Dwyane Wade’s new statue unveiled in front of Miami Heat arena.
If there was any doubt, there can be none now: The Miami Heat's arena is Dwyane Wade's house.

Miami Heat court will be dedicated Wednesday to Pat Riley, who’s still running at 79. And there’s no finish line in sight yet.
Pat Riley, 79, is still running, 30 years into this Heat tenure, preparing yet again for a season. But he's also preparing for the formal dedication of “Pat Riley Court...

From Embiid to Draymond, NBA players with overwhelming admiration for Butler’s 56: ‘Crazy’, ‘Animal’
Sometimes it is about more than the competition. Sometimes it is about the admiration. Monday night was one of those moments, after Jimmy Butler scored 56 points for the No....
