Now that LeBron James ......and the Miami Heat....are etched in the minds of sports fans all over this great nation.....as a colossal failure.......

The aftermath....

Who's the blame?   The Heat self anointed itself.....as the greatest basketball team of our time.  Before ever playing a game together.

A team......LeBron said would not win .....1....not 2....not 3...not 4...not 5....not 6......

But 7.......count 'em......7.....NBA championships. 

Well.....our math skills tell us....you can't win ....7......without first winning .....1!

The aftermath?

Here's the Miami Herald......and their take....their view.....for their city and team:

We've all been there.....driving down the highway....doing 70 mph.....feeling good!

Then it happens.....that temperature gauge moves....steam starts pouring out from beneath the hood....You smell that awful odor of burnt anti-freeze.....

The motor starts knocking......you lose speed.....you come to a stop.......try to start the ignition...

Nothing....

Your car has .......over-heated.....You're .....done!

It happened last night to the Miami Heat......Running along.......dominating Dallas...and all of a sudden......

Poof!!

The game story .....from the Miami Herald:

NBA Finals Game 2: Mavericks 95, Heat 93

Miami Heat blows 15-point lead as Dallas Mavericks tie series

The Heat were primed to head to Dallas with a commanding 2-0 Finals lead, but the Mavs rallied to tie the series and seize momentum.

Today is Thursday, December 16, 2010
Today in
Sports History
1929 - The Chicago Blackhawks played their first game at Chicago Stadium. They beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1.

1972 - The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season.






1973 - O.J. Simpson broke Jim Brown’s single-season rushing record in the NFL. Brown had rushed for 1,863 yards, while Simpson became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards when attained 2,003 yards in a single season.



1979 - Roger Staubach (Dallas Cowboys) played his last regular season game. The Cowboys came from behind to win the game in the last five minutes.




1990 - Warren Moon (Houston Oilers) threw for 527 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs.

1991 - The Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators were officially granted membership in the NHL.




1995 - Fox-TV aired a fight between Mike Tyson and Buster Mathis Jr. Tyson knocked Mathis out in the third round. The fight brought in Fox's highest Nielsen rating to date.





2001 - The Detroit Lions won their first game of the 2001-2002 season against the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions, after the win, had the record 1-12.

2001 - An instant replay decision led to a bottle-throwing melee in a game between the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The decision disallowed a catch by the Browns with 48 seconds left in the game. The Jaguars won the game 15-10.





2006 - During a game in New York, a fight occurred between multiple players for the Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks. Ten players were ejected from the game. The NBA suspeneded everal players and both teams were fined $500,000.

10 Players Ejected in Knicks-Nuggets Brawl