In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their wishes as the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Minnesota Timberwolves made their NBA debuts, bringing the total to 27 teams.

The Miami Heat, led by their star shooting guard, Dwyane Wade, and Shaquille O ' Neal, who had been traded from the Lakers during the 2004 summer, won the series over the Dallas Mavericks in 6 after losing the first two games.

Two of which signed, and one resigned, with the Miami Heat, leading to a season that was heavily centered on their eventual success or failure at taking home the championship.

Following the shortened season, the Miami Heat made a return to the Finals with the trio of Dwayne Wade, Lebron James and Chris Bosh against Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden.

* Manute Bol, former professional basketball player and member of NBA's Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Miami Heat, who died from complications.

* Savannah Brinson, finacee of NBA All-Star Miami Heat forward LeBron James

The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States.

The Heat played their home games in the Miami Arena from 1988 – 1999

Finally, it was decided that the NBA would expand by 4 teams, with the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat debuting for the 1988 – 89 season and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic beginning for the 1989 – 90 season.

At the survey for the choice of the name, Miami Heat defeated Miami Vice, the famous detective show set among the palms of South Beach.

It was a widely unpopular decision, as the Miami community had grown to love Grant, Long and Seikaly when they were with the Heat, and the owners ' sudden decision to trade them away left a bitter taste in the mouths of the fans, especially since Willis and Owens were busts.

As Arison began remodeling the Miami Heat into a championship-contending organization, the continued improvements of the Heat players garnered major media attention, although the Heat would go on to miss the playoffs for the fifth time in seven years.

However, the fortunes of the Miami Heat would change dramatically in the summer of 1995 ; the off-season of that year became one of the most poignant in the history of the franchise.

Setting the tone for a new era of Heat basketball, Arison hired Pat Riley to be the new head coach and team president of the Miami Heat ; Riley resigned as coach of the New York Knicks immediately following the 1994 – 1995 season.

Shortly thereafter, Randy Pfund, Riley's former assistant on the Los Angeles Lakers, was brought in to be the Executive Vice President of the Miami Heat.

Rex Chapman, who was traded to the Heat from the Washington Bullets, led the Heat to the biggest upset victory in Miami Heat history, defeating the Bulls 113-104.

Upon joining the team, Mourning and Hardaway quickly became the centerpiece of the Miami Heat ; Mourning's defensive presence and rebounding expertise complimented Hardaway's play-making as a point guard.

Along with their individual scoring dominance, Mourning and Hardaway formed one of the most dangerous tandems in the league at the time, bringing a new excitement to the Miami community and turning the Heat into perennial contenders.

`` The established pattern of relative calm in the field of race relations has continued in all areas '', reported this group headed by Harold Colee of Jacksonville and including two South Floridians, William D. Singer and John B. Turner of Miami.

The award has never been presented to a member of the following five teams: Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, and Washington Nationals.

The more familiar triangular boundary in most written works has as its points somewhere on the Atlantic coast of Miami ; San Juan, Puerto Rico ; and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda, with most of the accidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits.

Canal Estates ( commonly known as bayous ) are a form of subdivision popular in cities like Miami, Florida, Texas City, Texas and the Gold Coast, Queensland ; the Gold Coast has over 700 km of residential canals.

Former Weismann performers at the reunion include Max and Stella Deems, who lost their radio jobs and became store owners in Miami ; Solange La Fitte, a coquette, who is still vibrant three decades later ; Hattie Walker, who has outlived five younger husbands ; Vincent and Vanessa, former dancers who now own an Arthur Murray franchise ; Heidi Schiller, for whom Franz Lehár once wrote a waltz ( or was it Oscar Straus?

Similarly, the movement has spread to Puerto Rico, a country where many of its residents have moved to New York, Miami and Chicago over the years.

New York has maintained a rivalry with the Miami Dolphins since the Dolphins's inception in 1966.

The 8001-foot runway airport has direct flights to London, New York and Miami, and seasonal flights to Charlotte, NC, and Philadelphia, PA, in addition to other major cities in the U. S. A. and Canada during the tourist season.

While the first of these novels, The Saint in Miami, has Templar stumbling upon a Nazi plot, beginning with the " Arizona " novella Templar is fighting his own war against Germany.

This has now happened three times in NFL history ; Super Bowls II and III were both played at the Miami Orange Bowl and Super Bowls XLIII and XLIV were played in Florida ( at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens ).

Tharp has since choreographed dances for: Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance and Martha Graham Dance Company.

He has taught at Indiana University ( 1954 – 1963 ), the University of Kentucky ( 1963 – 1967 ), Washington State University ( 1967 – 1976 ), the University of New Mexico ( 1976 – 1980 ), the University of Miami ( 1981 – 1985 ), Syracuse University ( 1987 – 1994 ) and the University of Washington before taking his current position as professor of communication at Boston University's Department of Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations.

Miami affiliate WSVN has the largest local newscast output of any Fox station with roughly 61½ hours per week, followed by WTVT / Tampa with 60 hours each week.

Nathan's Famous bought the exclusive rights to market the Arthur Treacher's trademark and sell their products co-branded with Nathan's own concepts Kenny Rogers Roasters and Miami Subs in 2006 ; however, PAT Franchise Systems has a license agreement with NF Treachers to sell Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips franchises in eight states.

For more than two decades, the Port of Miami, known as the " Cruise Capital of the World ," has been the number one cruise passenger port in the world, accommodating some of the world's largest cruise ships and operations, and is currently the busiest in both passenger traffic and cruise lines.

Internationally known, DXJ ' S Contributions to Miami Bass, Electro or Street Music has influenced Break beat, Crunk, Ghetto Tech and other genres of music.

Many jurisdictions that restrict pit bulls, including Ontario, Canada, Miami, Florida, U. S., Denver, Colorado, U. S .,, and Malden, Massachusetts, U. S. apply the restriction to the modern American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any other dog that has the substantial physical characteristics and appearance of those breeds.

Snow has been reported to have mixed with rain in Freeport in January 1977, the same time that it snowed in the Miami area.

Since entering the league, Miami has fielded squads that have made the playoffs 16 out of 24 seasons, capturing nine division titles, three Eastern Conference Championships, and two NBA Championships, defeating the Dallas Mavericks 4 – 2 in the 2006 NBA Finals and the Oklahoma City Thunder 4 – 1 in the 2012 NBA Finals.

Baby Gramps is a guitar performer, who, though born in Miami, Florida, has been based in the Northwest U. S. for at least the last 40 years.

Back home, Hagen informs Michael that Roth is recovering in Miami and that Kay's pregnancy has miscarried.

The 1977 film has a number of changes from the prototype, including being entirely in color, moving the starting location from Miami to Chicago, introducing an additional two powers of ten at each extreme, a change in narrator from Judith Bronowski to Philip Morrison, and much improved graphics.

For instance, in pre-trial hearings in Miami in May 1991, Manuel Noriega's attorney, Frank Rubino, was quoted as saying " General Noriega has in his possession documents showing attempts to assassinate General Noriega and Mr. Torrijos by agencies of the United States.

Nowadays, Kreutzberger has stopped flying back and forth between Miami and Chile each week to tape both the Chilean and the international shows and his daughter Vivian is becoming quite popular as the host of the Chilean show.