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Chris Bosh sign & trade to Cavs?

According to Ric Bucher of ESPN the Cleveland Cavaliers have reached out to the Toronto Raptors about what it would take to sign-and-trade for soon to be free Chris Bosh. 

It's obvious Bosh wants out of Toronto and as he told a group of media members here in Miami when the Raptors came to town, "the money will be the same wherever I go."

So, to acquire him it will take a sign and trade scenario. 

The rumor out there is Mo Williams, Antawn Jamison, and J.J. Hickson for Jose Calderon and Chris Bosh.

If you're the Heat it doesn't look like you can come close to matching that.

Maybe, that's why Amar'e Stoudemire was in town getting his knee checked out by local doctors?

If the Cavs land Bosh, that should be enough to keep LeBron in Cleveland. Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that LBJ is still in close contact with the team. 

This is certainly something to keep an eye on.

Here's something to keep an EAR on...

Dolphin Fans, Brandon Marshall will join us Monday morning at 8:30am.

JS

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Former Nike Exec CONVINCED Amare coming to Miami

Sonny Vaccarro is probably best known for his tenure with Nike, Inc., and signed Michael Jordan to his first sneaker deal. Vaccaro left Nike for Adidas, then Reebok.

He founded the ABCD All America Camp, an elite showcase of high school basketball standouts, which ran from 1984 to 2007. It featured future stars Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Sebastian Telfair, and LeBron James. Vaccaro co-founded the first national high school All-Star game, The Dapper Dan Roundball Classic in 1965. The game endured for 43 years and its alumni includes such greats as Calvin Murphy, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Chris Webber, Alonzo Mourning, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Patrick Ewing, Rasheed Wallace and Stephon Marbury.

So basically, Vaccaro was WORLD WIDE WES before Wes was WWW.

He guested on Fox Sports 730 in Memphis today and claimed he was, "convinced," that Amar'e Stoudemire would sign with the Heat.

This according to the afternoon host Chris Vernon's Twitter.

Stoudemire is currently in South Florida as the Herald's own Mike Wallace reported.

Now, does he have inside knowledge or is he just connecting the dots?

I guess we'll find out in 13 + days & counting.

JS

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Dolphins sign Tim Dobbins to a 2 year extension

Courtesy of the National Football Post:

The Dolphins have signed Dobbins to a two-year contract extension, according to his agent, David Canter.

At the time of the trade, the Dolphins praised Dobbins.

"We traded down with San Diego, picked up a player in the trade, a guy named Tim Dobbins, an inside linebacker," Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland said. "He was a restricted free agent this year. We liked him in the restricted process, they put him in the trade. He was a player that we liked very much in the restricted free agency process like I said, that was a need for us that could help us in the back end of our roster at the inside linebacker position."

Dobbins signed his $1.176 million restricted free agent tender prior to leaving the Chargers.

Dobbins played in 14 games with two starts last season.

He finished last season with 57 tackles, one sack, four tackles for loss, an interception and a forced fumble. Dobbins also had four tackles and recovered a fumble on special teams.

"He’s a core special teams player, he’s had some starts at inside linebacker at both what we call the ‘Mike’ and ‘Moe,'" Ireland said. "Both inside linebacker positions. He’s coming from a familiar defense, a scheme in a 3-4 out at San Diego so we felt real good about getting him and that’s where we’re at right now. I feel great about getting Dobbins as well as part of this package."

Miami-Dade to rename county after Dwyane Wade?

There are a lot of things on the mind of residents and politicians of Miami-Dade County.

Recession, Storms in the Tropics, budget for the schools, Dwayne Wade.

What?

Yup. You heard that correctly. South Florida's biggest sports star could get an honor bestowed upon him no one else ever has.

The sports fans throughout the town (and the Heat) have referred the county as Wade County, it may no longer be a marketing concoction.

The county may be renamed Miami-Wade County from July 1st through 8th.

The county commission will hear a resolution from Commissioner Joe A. Martinez that will change the name of Miami-Dade County to Miami-Wade County for that week of the free agent moratorium.

Wade may agree to terms anytime, but cannot officially be announced as a member of the Miami Heat until the moratorium is over on the 8th.

Honoring his athletic prowess is not the only reason for the presentation of the resolution, but also recognize his contribution to the community through his Wade's World Foundation.

So, as LeBron is getting the sales pitch from the Mayor of New York, Wade is getting an entire county named after him.

Who said this wasn't getting ridiculous?

Hell, I say Broward should step up and rename their county LeBroward County.

While, we're at it let's try for West Palm Bosh County too!

JS

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Trent Difer takes Sanchez over Henne

I just came across this blurb from Tim Graham's ESPN AFC EAST BLOG.

Graham addresses the raging debate about the two young quarterback's on rival teams. In the blog Graham mentions how he feels that Sanchez could have the better season than Henne. His counterpart, (Scouts Inc. Analyst) Matt Williamson disagrees and feels that Henne will likely be the better quarterback in 2010.

So, for the tiebreaker they decided to reach out to ESPN NFL Analyst Trent Dilfer for this thoughts:

"I like Chad Henne," Dilfer said. "I think he's good player. I think he's limited athletically. I don't think he's the same type of athlete as Mark Sanchez. He's not the same type of thrower. He's kind of a fastball thrower. He doesn't have the repertoire as a football player that Mark Sanchez has. That doesn't mean he can't develop it, but that's going to take longer.

"Sanchez is the unique talent of the last five or six draft classes because he has that Alpha male personality. He has that 'it factor.' Then physically he has the sudden feet, plenty of arm, is highly accurate, was mature beyond his years as a college player. He has a distinct advantage because of his makeup, the total package, and they're supporting him in such a great way.

"He's in as good a situation -- because of who he is and what they're doing as an organization -- as you can be in with a young quarterback."

Listen, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think it's just fodder in the off season to keep interest of two rabid fan bases. 

None of us know how good either guy will be.

The rivalry could get a huge boost that Ken O'Brien could never provide in rivaling Dan Marino.

I do think everyone would agree that it will be a hell of a ride for the players, teams and fans for years to come.

JS

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Canes AD Kirby Hocutt jabs the Gators & talks Expansion

Kirby Hocutt appeared this morning on the Jorge Sedano Show on 790 The Ticket to discuss college football expansion.

When asked what the ACC's thoughts are as a conference here is his response (75 second clip below).

KIRBY HOCUTT W SEDANO - ACC DISCUSSES EXPANSION - 6-11-10

Next, Hocutt was asked about Miami hypothetically getting the call from another conference (30 second clip below).

KIRBY HOCUTT W SEDANO - MIAMI NOT ACCEPTING OTHER CONFERENCE OFFERS - 6-11-10

Finally, the money shot where Kirby mentions that not every team in the SEC wants to play Miami anyway (70 second clip below)

KIRBY HOCUTT W SEDANO - FLORIDA DOESNT WANT TO PLAY MIAMI - 6-11-10

In my neighborhood, those are FIGHTING WORDS!

JS

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Wade spotted recruiting Bosh in Los Angeles

My pal at Larry Brown Sports (based in LA) has a blurb that Heat fans will be excited about.

"At the same time, the Miami Heat staff was busy throwing free agent Udonis Haslem a surprise birthday party to try and convince him to stay in Miami, it appears as if Dwyane Wade was busy doing some recruiting of his own. Wade was spotted dining at BOA Steakhouse on Sunset along with girlfriend Gabrielle Union, Raptors free agent to be Chris Bosh, and a few others as part of a small late-night gathering at the restaurant. Normally, we wouldn’t think anything a few All-Star NBA players getting together for dinner, but this isn’t your typical set of circumstances." 

Wade has made it a point to say he was committed to speaking with some of his free agent counterparts about their futures. We all assumed it would be a summit of sorts. Wade seems to be taking a more personal approach during the NBA Finals.

We are three weeks away from the first day of free agency and Dwyane is doing all of Pat Riley's work for him.

There is no doubt Miami will be in the driver's seat as the big day approaches.

JS

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What College Football Expansion means to Canes, Gators & Noles

What College Football Expansion means to Canes, Gators & Noles

What College Football Expansion means to Canes, Gators & Noles

Now, that Nebraska is likely heading to the Big Ten (Missouri possibly to follow), it means college football will have a massive shakeup.

The Big Ten will also try to lure Notre Dame. If they're not successful look for them to try to add Rutgers and Maryland. Missouri could be in line as mentioned above and possibly even one more team.

The Pac Ten is looking forward to adding up to six teams. Those teams would be Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., and Colorado or Baylor.

If all that happens, you could make the case that the Pac Ten would become the strongest conference in football.

So, what should the SEC do?

Easy, go get Miami, Florida St., Clemson and Georgia Tech.

The thinking inside the SEC would be that (according to Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com), "it would improve the SEC's on-field product in football, but it would do little to strengthen its brand name in outside markets."

That's accurate outside of Miami. The other schools are in close proximity to other SEC markets. It's attractive to add the Miami & Atlanta TV markets, but in reality, the SEC already owns Atlanta because that's Georgia country.

There is some more negative reaction from the SEC according to the ESPN article.

"One SEC official told ESPN.com this week that adding teams like the Seminoles and Hurricanes would only be adding schools "that would divide the pie even more." Also, Florida's athletics director Jeremy Foley might be reluctant to add FSU and Miami because the Gators have tried to use their SEC membership as a recruiting advantage in their home state."

I'm surprised by the competition aspect of that response. The finances are something anyone can surely understand. 

It can't be that the BIG BAD SEC AFRAID of COMPETITION?

Say it isn't so?

The article claims the ACC is sitting on its hands.

If I were them, I'd work at the phones. They raided the Big East once. What's to stop them from doing it again?

How would anyone in the ACC feel about Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Syracuse and South Florida?

That would satisfy me.

The reality is that college football is becoming a bigger business than ever.

We're headed towards four super conferences. 

I'm not necessarily a huge fan of the idea.

Though, if the result is a college football playoff then, count me in.

JS

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