UNBELIEVABLE: 5 | History Defined

Jimmy Buffett’s laid-back party vibe created adoring ‘Parrotheads’ and success beyond music

Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023

Remembering Jimmy Buffett the sports fan, who once got ejected from a Heat game

Buffett was a HUGE sports fan, especially of the Saints and Heat.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 2, 2023

Jimmy Buffett's laid-back party vibe created adoring 'Parrotheads' and success beyond music

Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023

HBO’s Winning Time is a delicate dance of intention and improv, not unlike the 1980s Lakers

HBO's Winning Time contrasts on two basketball philosophies. Did the cast prefer structure like Paul Westhead or improv like Pat Riley?

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 6, 2023

Spurs’ Gregg Popovich, NBA’s career wins leader, signs five-year extension

The NBA’s winningest coach has signed a five-year contract to remain coach and president of the team, the Spurs announced Saturday

The Guardian - US · Jul 9, 2023

Heat have chips to put into play, but liar’s poker in a Lillard deal won’t necessarily come in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — The notion is more of mystique than reality, of Portland Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin tossing his top chip to the middle of the table at one of the poker rooms here, waiting for Miami Heat president Pat Riley to push his stack all in.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023

Heat Receive Some Good News on Damian Lillard Trade Front, per Report

The Heat finally received some positive news in their efforts to piece together a trade that brings Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard to town.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 6, 2023

Greg Cote: Heat’s Pat Riley gets elusive last hurrah (& last laugh) if he closes deal on Lillard

MIAMI — If all of the indications prove right, Miami Heat president and potentate Pat Riley is, at age 78, about to score what would feel like the last hurrah of an epic NBA career. It would also afford him a final, resounding I-told-you-so, even though he would never tell…

Miami Herald · Jul 5, 2023

Complex math won’t get in the way of a Lillard deal. Heat practically invented it.

MIAMI — Standing as a destination of choice is nothing new for the Miami Heat. It has allowed Pat Riley to reel in some of the biggest names in the NBA over a stewardship of the franchise now into a third decade.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2023

The early-round winners and losers from NBA free agency

The Cavaliers, Lakers and Fred VanVleet should me all smiles after the first weekend of NBA free agency, but the one person that could have the biggest smirk when the smoke clears? Pat Riley.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 2, 2023