Dwayne Wade

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All bets are on as America opens the gambling sluice gates and the dollars flow

Dwayne Wade was an NBA rookie when he ran into Allen Iverson at a Puerto Rico casino. Any nervousness at meeting one of his heroes was quickly assuage(...)

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler blocks a shot by Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA
Tyler Herro the hero as Miami Heat go one win from NBA finals

Rookie Tyler Herro dropped a career-high 37 points to push the Miami Heat to within one game of the NBA finals with a 112-109 victory over the Boston (...)

LeBron James (number 23) of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots against the Washington Wizards on November 26th, 2014. Photograph: Gregory Shamus/NBAE via Getty Images
Sporting Advent Calendar #2: LeBron James’s return home

Although the Miami Heat became the first team since the Boston Celtics ’87 vintage to appear in four consecutive NBA finals series, there was a sense(...)

A mural of LeBron James reads “come home” on the side of a barbershop in Cleveland. Photograph: Dustin Franz/New York Times
Home is where the heart is for Cleveland prodigal LeBron James

Among the beautiful people expected to turn up in Rio for tomorrow night’s World Cup final is the superstar whose homecoming has been subject to frenz(...)