Post by messengermicah on Jun 19, 2006 21:29:48 GMT -5
We were in the Dallas news after preaching last night at the Miami Heat game.
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/basketball/mavs/stories/061996dnspomavskickin.1841b87.html
12:54 AM CDT on Monday, June 19, 2006
MIAMI ? The small plane flew back and forth Sunday over Biscayne Bay, which borders the Heat's AmericanAirlines Arena.
Instead of advertising a seafood buffet or McDonald's, the plane trailed a long banner that read, "GO MAVS ? BEAT THE HEAT!"
"I love it," Cuban said of the plane. "I hope he does it more."
I tried to track down SuperFan Johnson on Sunday, but he remains elusive.
Heat fans were not amused.
"Obviously, that makes me mad," said Mitch Goodson, wearing a white Afro wig and white face paint as part of the Heat's White Hot playoff theme. "Hopefully, a hurricane won't come and blow it out of the sky."
But Connie Watson, a Mavs fan visiting from Dallas for the week, predictably liked the bold move.
"This is the ultimate in our sport," she said. "Why not?"
Soul searching:
I had a disturbing moment at a busy intersection outside AAA as fans streamed to the game.
A street preacher loudly sermonized and wore a sandwich board reading "Repent or Perish." I swear his gaze settled on me.
Hey, South Beach offers quite the nightlife, but let's not go too far. I was only here a week.
"Your God is the Heat," the preacher yelled. "Your God is Shaq."
Hmm, not how I picture God, but 7-1, 300-something may be a good guess.
The wave of Heat fans was not impassioned. In fact, the group started a "Let's go Heat" chant to drown him out.
One man saw me jotting this down in my notebook and said, "Yeah, write about the nut-heads."
Exactly what I'm going for, Sir.
In the crowd:
Colorful crowd Sunday.
My favorite sign read: "Dallas, Next Time Stay in a Holiday Inn Express."
Celebrities in the house included Britney Spears and husband/rapper Kevin Federline. I happen to know K-Fed performed in South Beach on Friday night because I actually heard NBA staffers admit that they attended. Sorry I missed it ? would've been great material.
The Heat's version of an unlikely dance team, like the Mavs' ManiAACs, comes in the form of the Golden Oldies. These ladies are not your typical Florida retirees.
They broke it down to such classics as "Shake that Laffy Taffy" and "Shake What Your Momma Gave Ya."
Scene and heard:
No, SportsDay bosses did not move me to Fort Lauderdale because I was having too much fun in Miami. ... The Coppell Dairy Queen (110 Southwestern Blvd.), where Mark Cuban worked a stint in 2002 after saying an NBA official couldn't manage a Dairy Queen, is offering a free taco or Dilly Bar to every Mavericks fan the day after each Mavs game ? win or lose. ... Stopped by Prime One Twelve, a swanky steakhouse on Ocean Drive, after hearing the Mavs had been hanging out there earlier in the series. The hostess confirmed, but when I pressed for more details, she snapped, "I don't know all the players, OK." Guess my questions were as annoying as, "Why'd you sit them? We were here first." ... After Brazil's 2-0 World Cup win over Australia on Sunday, hundreds of folks celebrating in team jerseys paraded around South Beach. ... Loved South Florida but can't wait to get back to Dallas.
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/basketball/mavs/stories/061996dnspomavskickin.1841b87.html
12:54 AM CDT on Monday, June 19, 2006
MIAMI ? The small plane flew back and forth Sunday over Biscayne Bay, which borders the Heat's AmericanAirlines Arena.
Instead of advertising a seafood buffet or McDonald's, the plane trailed a long banner that read, "GO MAVS ? BEAT THE HEAT!"
"I love it," Cuban said of the plane. "I hope he does it more."
I tried to track down SuperFan Johnson on Sunday, but he remains elusive.
Heat fans were not amused.
"Obviously, that makes me mad," said Mitch Goodson, wearing a white Afro wig and white face paint as part of the Heat's White Hot playoff theme. "Hopefully, a hurricane won't come and blow it out of the sky."
But Connie Watson, a Mavs fan visiting from Dallas for the week, predictably liked the bold move.
"This is the ultimate in our sport," she said. "Why not?"
Soul searching:
I had a disturbing moment at a busy intersection outside AAA as fans streamed to the game.
A street preacher loudly sermonized and wore a sandwich board reading "Repent or Perish." I swear his gaze settled on me.
Hey, South Beach offers quite the nightlife, but let's not go too far. I was only here a week.
"Your God is the Heat," the preacher yelled. "Your God is Shaq."
Hmm, not how I picture God, but 7-1, 300-something may be a good guess.
The wave of Heat fans was not impassioned. In fact, the group started a "Let's go Heat" chant to drown him out.
One man saw me jotting this down in my notebook and said, "Yeah, write about the nut-heads."
Exactly what I'm going for, Sir.
In the crowd:
Colorful crowd Sunday.
My favorite sign read: "Dallas, Next Time Stay in a Holiday Inn Express."
Celebrities in the house included Britney Spears and husband/rapper Kevin Federline. I happen to know K-Fed performed in South Beach on Friday night because I actually heard NBA staffers admit that they attended. Sorry I missed it ? would've been great material.
The Heat's version of an unlikely dance team, like the Mavs' ManiAACs, comes in the form of the Golden Oldies. These ladies are not your typical Florida retirees.
They broke it down to such classics as "Shake that Laffy Taffy" and "Shake What Your Momma Gave Ya."
Scene and heard:
No, SportsDay bosses did not move me to Fort Lauderdale because I was having too much fun in Miami. ... The Coppell Dairy Queen (110 Southwestern Blvd.), where Mark Cuban worked a stint in 2002 after saying an NBA official couldn't manage a Dairy Queen, is offering a free taco or Dilly Bar to every Mavericks fan the day after each Mavs game ? win or lose. ... Stopped by Prime One Twelve, a swanky steakhouse on Ocean Drive, after hearing the Mavs had been hanging out there earlier in the series. The hostess confirmed, but when I pressed for more details, she snapped, "I don't know all the players, OK." Guess my questions were as annoying as, "Why'd you sit them? We were here first." ... After Brazil's 2-0 World Cup win over Australia on Sunday, hundreds of folks celebrating in team jerseys paraded around South Beach. ... Loved South Florida but can't wait to get back to Dallas.
