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LeBron seals OT win as Heat slip by Magic

Associated Press, ESPN.com

LeBron James had 36 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, and Chris Bosh scored 22 points to help the Miami Heat slip past the Orlando Magic 112-110 in overtime Monday.

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Patriots had a pretty successful day against the Dolphins on Sunday, shutting out the visitors from Florida 28-0 and getting tight end Rob Gronkowski some game action before the playoffs. The only black mark on the day was a hip injury suffered by d…

ESPN.com

Running back Reggie Bush isn't sure if he’s played his last game with Miami Dolphins (7-9). His two-year contract with Miami ended with Sunday’s regular-season finale against the New England Patriots. Bush, who led Miami in rushing with 986 yards, is …

Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com

Quick takes at the buzzer on Heat-Magic.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

It's been just over a month since San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich decided, mere hours before a marquee nationally televised matchup with the defending NBA champion Miami Heat, to send four of his top five players back to Texas so that they c…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

Bills TE Scott Chandler tore his ACL in the Week 16 loss to the Dolphins and was placed on injured reserve just days later. With the swelling now subsided Chandler has been scheduled for surgery. Chandler will have surgery to repair his torn ACL next we…

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

On Saturday, in the hours before his Milwaukee Bucks downed the Miami Heat in a nicely-tuned home win, Bucks guard Monta Ellis seemed curiously out of tune. When asked to compare himself to Dwyane Wade – the player that notched 24 points on 10-19 shooti…

Armando Salguero, miamiherald.com

There is a false narrative in the Dolfan community that because coach Joe Philbin came from the Green Bay Packers, he wants the Dolphins run like the Green Bay Packers, particularly when it comes to building the team. The idea is that because Green Bay …

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

The NFL's shortest player is also its winningest. Return specialist Trindon Holliday just completed a perfect regular season, 5-0 with Houston, 11-0 with Denver, and he joins an exclusive club featuring the rosters of the 1972 Dolphins and the 2007 Patr…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

There hasn’t been too much speculation about big changes to the Dolphins organization this offseason and it sounds like there’s no smoke on that front because there’s no fire. Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reported Monday that owner Stephen R…

ESPN.com

"Black Monday" is off to a furious start in the AFC East with changes already made in Buffalo and New York. However, things are expected to stay quiet in Miami. Armando Salguero of The Miami Herald reports Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Bills RB C.J. Spiller squeezed in one more big play before the end of the season. Dolphins RB Reggie Bush wound up 14 yards shy of 1,000 for the season. The Patriots’ offensive line put together a stronger game than in recent weeks. Said Jets CB Antonio…

ESPN.com

The 2012 regular season is in the books. Here are seven notes and observations from Week 17: The finale was ugly, but fans should not be down on the Miami Dolphins. Miami didn't show up in a 28-0 loss to the New England Patriots. But this is a team that…

Armando Salguero, miamiherald.com

 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Reggie Bush sumed it up best: “We just didn’t make enough plays, that pretty much sums up our season.” Indeed, the Dolphins are a team of players that don't make enough plays. The team lacks playmakers. And that, I write in my…