Entries by Giancarlo Navas

Pat Riley’s Mistakes and His New Vow

“We are going to figure it out. Whether you believe me or not.” The once infallible Godfather, Pat Riley, has legitimate doubters. The post-Chris-Bosh-blood-clot Miami Heat have a 124-122 record and a +1.1 net rating in their last three seasons. Mediocre, mundane and static. So on Saturday afternoon for what felt like the first time in […]

Dwyane Wade and Our Blind Belief

There is something so powerful about the naive belief in an athlete. Feeling your sports legend will emphatically provide the goosebump moment, that whatever punctuation they deliver will be the one that echoes forever. That it will all end like that Golden State game, chest-pounding in front of 20,000 people screaming. That even though he […]