Just getting this off my chest...

[sturt]

What's with this Miami HEAT crap?

I mean... HEAT... instead of... like the other 29 teams... Hawks... Celtics... Lakers... not Atlanta HAWKS... not Boston CELTICS... etc.

I can kinda understand the miami heat's pr guys wanting to see if they could pull it off... a seemingly media-wide accommodation to begin spelling their nickname in caps... almost in a teenage prank kind-of way...

But it appears they've now actually pulled it off.

Well, I don't like it... so for now on, they will be, indeed, the miami heat in my posts on those rare occasions that I pay them any attention, just to give some balance, if only to my own little universe.

[lethalweapon3]

It's not hopeless yet...

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/powerrankings/12/01/preseason-rankings/index.html?rss=true

I thought PR would be tired of having people ask what HEAT stands for by now. Alas... I'm trying to enforce caps-correctness for my own references, but it sure would be nice if the NBA itself would lead the way.

~lw3

[IheartVolt]

LOL... I'm on board too..

heat it is

[Randy]

I prefer heat

[AHF]

What's with this Miami HEAT crap?

I mean... HEAT... instead of... like the other 29 teams... Hawks... Celtics... Lakers... not Atlanta HAWKS... not Boston CELTICS... etc.

I can kinda understand the miami heat's pr guys wanting to see if they could pull it off... a seemingly media-wide accommodation to begin spelling their nickname in caps... almost in a teenage prank kind-of way...

Where is this being done?

I just checked an article from today on the Heat whining and even ESPN is still using the normal Heat spelling:

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/story/_/id/7307318/chris-bosh-miami-heat-says-season-opener-dallas-mavericks-going-suck

[Wretch]

I prefer heat

I am Wretch, and I approve of this message.

[capstone21]

They get their own page on ESPN.com (Heat Index) and ESPN is supposed to be unbias

[AHF]

They get their own page on ESPN.com (Heat Index) and ESPN is supposed to be unbias

ESPN is all about all Heat, all the time coverage. That said, where is the "HEAT" thing happening?

[sturt]

For one, Hoopsworld. And evidently, according to a google search I just ran, the team uses HEAT exclusively in their press releases and such.

[DJlaysitup]

_{In my personal opinion it should be the Miami "Meet"...since that's where the buddies get together. It should be the L.A. "Free"...cause they basically get free agents for free...and the Boston "Riggers" - due to their penchant for rigging trades.}

Edited December 5, 2011 by DJlaysitup

[BrazilianHawk]

What's up with the 'heat'? Give them a capital letter.

I'm gonna give'em a "C"

Miami Cheat

Edited December 5, 2011 by BrazilianHawk

[AHF]

For one, Hoopsworld. And evidently, according to a google search I just ran, the team uses HEAT exclusively in their press releases and such.

Then I call "douche" on their PR team.