Erik Spoelstra has been waiting months for this moment, and not for the reasons you might expect. Tuesday night’s championship-ring and banner-raising ceremonies at AmericanAirlines Arena will be anything but funereal. But for the Miami Heat to move past last season’s second consecutive championship, their coach said Tuesday’s pregame celebration has to bring closure. “That’s […]
Erik Spoelstra may be 42, but he doesn’t look much different than he did 20 years ago. Spoelstra, who just completed his fifth season as coach of the Heat, still wears the same kind of things he did back in the 1990s from retro Air Jordans to a gold-toned Casio diving watch complete with a […]
The list of coaches with back-to-back NBA championships includes some of the game’s giants — names such as Red Auerbach, Phil Jackson, Chuck Daly, and of course Pat Riley. Erik Spoelstra is now part of their fraternity. And he seems completely unimpressed by that. At just 42 years old, Spoelstra is now a two-time champion […]
The White House says President Barack Obama has congratulated the Miami Heat’s head coach on winning the NBA championship the second year in a row. Obama called Coach Erik Spoelstra on Friday afternoon. The White House says Obama pointed out the team’s relentless determination and noted it was a historic season for the team and […]
All eyes are on LeBron James tonight as he leads the Miami Heat into Game 7 against the San Antonio Spurs, and there are plenty of questions being asked: Can James carry his team to a second consecutive championship? How will the Spurs attempt to stop him? Will he wear his headband? But James isn’t […]