HEATcast: Impact of Sportswriting on NBA Lockout, Miami Hurricanes & Heat Free Agency

Bloggers from the Miami Heat Index and HeatFreak.com return from summer vacation to discuss how bad sportswriting makes it hard to know who to believe in the NBA Lockout and Miami Hurricanes scandal. Other topics of discussion include the best sneakers of all-time, Floyd Mayweather, Chris Bosh vs. Basketball Wives and what happened behind-the-scenes of Heat free agency last summer.

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HEATcast Details

• How to listen: Play the audio embedded above, go to ustream or download the mp3
• Podcasters: Miami Heat Index and Alfredo Arteaga
• Recorded: 9/9/11 at 5:17 PM

Companion Reading

The bloggers referenced and discussed the articles listed below during the podcast.

NBA Lockout:

• The Lockout to Save the Indigent Rich
• NBA Lockout: Foreign Invasion Is a Phantom Menace
• Miami Heat Index on the NBA Lockout

Miami Hurricanes ‘Scandal’:

• NCAA + The U = Guns and Butter
• “Sportswriters Rally to the Cause of Unpaid Labor” by Matt Taibbi

Magic Johnson vs. Michael Jordan, Best Kicks:

• Magic and Michael
• Converse Magic I
• Converse Wade: Playoff Edition
• Air Jordan XI
• Reebok Question Mid

Basketball Wives:

• NBA Offseason Power Rankings (Lockout Special)
• HEAT Check: Best NBA Players, Coaches and Basketball Wives

Summer of 2010:

• The Official Miami Heat Summer of 2010 Thread, Part 1
• The Official Miami Heat Summer of 2010 Thread, Part 2
• Dwyane Wade: Shadow GM