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Tua Tagovailoa has thrived in coach Mike McDaniel's offense with the Miami Dolphins.

Do McDaniel & Grier believe in Tua, or trying to save jobs for 2025?

/ / Football, South Florida
It may not be a hotseat for Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel in the upcoming 2024 season, but the chair is definitely heating up. The Dolphins front office has some work to do, and it’s going to be complicated. The team has an astounding salary cap situation, and also ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Jimmy Butler and Co. snap the Heat out of funk, setting franchise assist record

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Jimmy Butler and Co. snap the Heat out of funk, setting franchise assist record

/ / Basketball, South Florida
To start, the offense was jammed worse than traffic during rush hour on the Don Shula Expressway. But the defense made it just as ugly for the visitors, aside from Keegan Murray and Kevin Huerter, with on-time contests in man coverage and the 2-3 zone. It took nearly seven minutes of action for the Heat’s ...
How do the Miami Heat fix this? No easy answers

How do the Miami Heat fix this? No easy answers

/ / Basketball, South Florida
There is no denying it, the Heat has been atrocious recently. They are on a seven game-losing streak and have fallen into the play-in positions in the standings. The Heat cannot afford to be a play-in team again. Changes need to be made for them to become relevant in the Eastern Conference again. The question ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Heat put to shame at home by the Suns

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat put to shame at home by the Suns

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Terry Rozier, the new guy on the block, finally blended into the offense in a vain effort, logging 21 points on eight of 14 shots, as most of the team left him hanging. Jimmy Butler got going after the Heat was jumped. And the defense provided little resistance up top with late help. Even without ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Heat overpowered by Knicks at Madison Square Garden

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat overpowered by Knicks at Madison Square Garden

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There have been few shooting displays like the one the Knicks exhibited in New York since Paul Castellano got whacked in front of Sparks Steakhouse. The victims were the Miami Heat, outhustled on the glass by 14 and, at one moment, going down 22 points. The visitors rushed to a 13-4 lead on a Jimmy ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Jimmy Butler and the Heat got humbled at home by old foes

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Jimmy Butler and the Heat got humbled at home by old foes

/ / Basketball, South Florida
The bigger, stronger and faster Boston Celtics annihilated the Heat at Kaseya Center on national TV. Five members of Gang Green feasted behind the arc. Jayson Tatum outplayed Jimmy Butler. And newly acquired point guard Terry Rozier started but was attacked and ineffective from the field. Early, Kristaps Porziņģis slaughtered the Heat’s defenses in the ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Memphis Grizzlies ruin Terry Rozier’s Heat debut

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Memphis Grizzlies ruin Terry Rozier’s Heat debut

/ / Basketball, South Florida
Terry Rozier’s off-the-bench Heat debut was quiet, and the offense struggled to score, looking worse at times than what it was with Kyle Lowry, who was booted with a first-round pick to Charlotte. Following the first half, the scoreboard highlighted 49-42 in favor of the Grizzlies. In the first quarter, the only things working were ...
Leading the Country in Goals: Panthers' Prospect Jack Devine Continues Dominating Season with Denver

Leading the Country in Goals: Panthers’ Prospect Jack Devine Continues Dominating Season with Denver

The Florida Panthers have a hidden gem in their prospect pool and he’s lighting the lamp all across the country  University of Denver forward and Florida Panthers prospect Jack Devine is tearing up college hockey. The Pioneers’ junior forward leads the NCAA in goals (21) and is second in scoring (39 points), just behind his teammate ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Joel Embiid unleashes a 70-point lashing on the French Usurper and the Spurs

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Joel Embiid unleashes a 70-point lashing on the French Usurper and the Spurs

/ / Basketball, South Florida
Reigning MVP Joel Embiid bolstered his case to keep his crown with the 14th 70-piece in NBA history. It was like watching a nuclear bomb go off at a test site, the collateral damage being the French Usurper and the San Antonio Spurs. Embiid needed 35 seconds to draw a foul on rookie Julian Champagnie ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Heat clobbered in Orlando by the mystical ones

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat clobbered in Orlando by the mystical ones

/ / Basketball, South Florida
No one could blame coach Erik Spoelstra if he channeled Pat Riley, angrily entering the locker room, then sparking a dart. And if he followed suit with homage to the Godfather’s epic, off-color tirade by getting in the players' faces with a death stare, calling them gutless, perhaps it would be inspirational. Opponents don’t see ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Dejounte Murray’s trifecta spoils Udonis Haslem appreciation night

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Dejounte Murray’s trifecta spoils Udonis Haslem appreciation night

/ / Basketball, South Florida
Nobody from the Atlanta Hawks was chopped down in Udonis Haslem’s honor, but the Miami Heat recognized its former captain with his jersey retirement in front of past and current teammates and got silenced by the visitors in the last two seconds. (Jaime Jaquez Jr. was absent for the Heat with a left groin strain, ...
Dolphins should consider these numbers before signing Tua long term

Dolphins should consider these numbers before signing Tua long term

/ / Football, South Florida
So Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier wants to sign quarterback Tua Tagovailoa long term, does he? Well… Grier better take a look at some of these numbers that I pulled, before he commits to Tua any longer than his 5th-year option.  We all know by now that Tua is a fantastic NFL quarterback who ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Heat massacred in Toronto

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat massacred in Toronto

/ / Basketball, South Florida
The Toronto squad pounced on the Miami Heat like a swarm of starving velociraptors. The hosts established a 30-point lead within 15 minutes on the evening of Pascal Siakam’s deportation to the Indiana Pacers. RJ Barrett surged for 17 points, stabbing the lane in transition + off the catch for dunks and floaters in the ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Extremely Sad Programming Network

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Extremely Sad Programming Network

/ / Basketball, South Florida
Since ESPN’s fraudulent Emmy scheme was uncovered, the former “worldwide leader” has tried to bob and weave its way out of accountability. The Athletic’s Katie Strang broke the story that ESPN abused the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ (NATAS) rules so that on-air talent could have an ineligible prize. NATAS has since banned ...
Mateo's Hoop Diary: Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro bail out the Heat in Brooklyn after an atrocious first half

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro bail out the Heat in Brooklyn after an atrocious first half

/ / Basketball, South Florida
On the second night of a back-to-back set in Brooklyn, the Heat produced its worst output of the season (31 points) in the first half of Jimmy Butler's return. He had 10 points at intermission on a backdoor feed, plus two layups, but the offense was stuck in the mud, going uphill while jammed in ...
Mateo’s Hoop Diary: The Heat shellac the Hornets on Dwyane Wade's Hall of Fame night

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: The Heat shellac the Hornets on Dwyane Wade’s Hall of Fame night

/ / Basketball, South Florida
On Dwyane Wade’s Hall of Fame night at Kaseya Center, Jimmy Butler’s understudy- Jaime Jaquez Jr.- oppressed the inferior Charlotte Hornets early, and Bam Adebayo took charge in the second half. The former scored 15 of the hosts’ first 22 points, finishing on the break, isolating PJ Washington for a layup and hooking in the ...