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MIAMI -- If Sunday's Los Angeles Lakers-Miami Heat matchup had any less meaning because of Los Angeles' sub-.500 record, nobody informed the teams that was the case. Even though Miami came into the game winners of four in a row and owners of the b...

In ESPN The Magazine - The Music Issue, J. Freedom Du Lac writes how Beats by Dre headphones have changed the way our favorite athletes listen to music.

LeBron James has been chosen USA Basketball's male athlete of the year for 2012 after equaling Michael Jordan's feat while leading the Americans to a gold medal.

Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images LeBron James has managed to fix every weakness in his game except for one: free throws. MIAMI -- LeBron James' weaknesses paragraph has been reduced to a sentence. Not too many years ago, the league's "book" on James...

When LeBron James learned he was Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, the Miami Heat star was surprised.

MVP, NBA champion, Olympic gold medalist -- what is next for LeBron James? In ESPN The Magazine, Michael Wilbon talks with the Heat forward about how he will transform his game.

Editor's note: Throughout the 2012-13 NBA season we'll be asking our colleagues at ESPN Los Angeles to weigh in on the progress of the Heat's quest for back-to-back titles. This week, Dave McMenamin outlines "Seven improvements or less" for the Laker...

Another game, another banner for LeBron James.

LeBron James won a championship and nothing changed. He still wants to be the best of all-time.

The worst-kept secret in the basketball shoe business is about to be finalized. Chinese shoe brand Li-Ning will announce Wednesday morning in China that it has officially signed Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade. "This is a great opportunity for me,...

Getty Images With Kobe Bryant eyeing a potential swan song in China, will LeBron James do the same? MIAMI - When LeBron James is done as a dominant player in the NBA, don't expect an overseas encore. He'll leave that sort of move to Kobe Bryant....

In Marc Stein's preseason Power Rankings, the Heat start out on top.

Hakeem Olajuwon, one of the greatest players in NBA history and architect of the legendary "Dream Shake" post move, will visit the Knicks next week to train some of the team's players for several days.

LeBron James wants to step inside the Olympic rings a fourth time.

All LeBron James has done so far this year is win the NBA's MVP award for the third time, an NBA Finals MVP trophy to go along with that one, his elusive first championship and a second Olympic gold medal.

Dwyane Wade's recovery from knee surgery is right on schedule, and the All-Star guard expects to be ready to go when the Miami Heat open the defense of their NBA championship.