Alonzo Mourning and Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat were among those joining an envoy of relief workers headed to Haiti on Saturday. Along with Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies, they will help in the earthquake-ravaged city of Port-au-Prince. On the itinerary: Presenting a $25,000 check ...

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says he's not worried about his job, not even after team president and Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley recently raised the idea that he might one day return to the sideline. Spoelstra, addressing the issue for the first time ...

A year ago, the first day of practice may have seemed incredibly significant to Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. This time around, probably not so much. Spoelstra's second season leading the Heat began Tuesday, with virtually most of last year's team that earned ...

Miami Heat basketball operations employees have accepted up to a 20 percent pay cut in order to avoid layoffs. The cuts affect everyone in the department, including team president Pat Riley, head coach Erik Spoelstra, assistant coaches, scouts and others. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel first reported the ...

Dwyane Wade returned to the Miami Heat lineup on Friday night after missing a game with a strained right hip flexor. Wade told Erik Spoelstra that he felt better on Friday morning and the coach let him play after the guard went through his pre-game routing without any ...

Gerald Wallace scored 34 points and hot-shooting Charlotte beat the Miami Heat 100-87 on Saturday night, giving Bobcats coach Larry Brown his first victory in his ninth NBA head coaching job. After a winless preseason and an ugly loss at Cleveland to open the regular ...

The Miami Heat gathered on their practice court, the squeaks of sneakers and the bouncing of basketballs echoing off the walls. It was like countless workouts before. This time, however, Pat Riley wasn't the coach. The new era of Heat basketball — with ...