Ira Winderman
Columnist, Sr
My Role
Ira Winderman covers the Miami Heat and the National Basketball Association for the South Florida Sun Sentinel and other Tribune Co. properties. His work is featured in the print edition, on line, as well as in his blog and Twitter feeds. He also can be heard regularly in South Florida on WQAM, 560-AM, as well as seen on Sun Sports.
My Biography
Ira Winderman is embarking on his 23rd season covering the Miami Heat for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, witnessing more than 1,700 of the team's games. With the help of antacids (during the lean years) and a sense of humor (during the Pat Riley dictatorship), he has been able to remain a courtside fixture at AmericanAirlines Arena, a veteran 12 years older than coach Erik Spoelstra. Only former trainer Ron Culp had attended more Heat games, but, then again, Winderman has yet to tape his first ankle.
My Interests
Family, friends, tennis, airline food, taxi rides from airports, hotel bed bugs.
My Recent Articles
Finals media day: Pop perspective, Wade knee, LeBron headband
6/19/2013
For one final time, players and coaches at the NBA Finals were back to talking the talk on Wednesday afternoon, the final off-day media session of the series that concludes with Thursday's 9 p.m. winner-take-all Game 7 at AmericanAirlines Arena.
From the wise guys: Odds tilting in Heat's favor 6/19/2013
So what do the wise guys have to say? That the odds are the Heat will be hoisting hardware on Thursday night.
ASK IRA: Was Game 6 even comprehensible? 6/19/2013
Q: This win took everything the Heat had and an act of God. What a win. -- Chet.
Winderman's view: Heat 103, Spurs 100 (OT) 6/19/2013
Observations from Tuesday night's 103-100 NBA Finals overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs at AmericanAirlines Arena:
For starters: San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat 6/19/2013
A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Tuesday's 9 p.m. NBA Finals game between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs at AmericanAirlines Arena (ABC), with Mike Miller again starting for the Heat:
For one final time, players and coaches at the NBA Finals were back to talking the talk on Wednesday afternoon, the final off-day media session of the series that concludes with Thursday's 9 p.m. winner-take-all Game 7 at AmericanAirlines Arena.
From the wise guys: Odds tilting in Heat's favor 6/19/2013
So what do the wise guys have to say? That the odds are the Heat will be hoisting hardware on Thursday night.
ASK IRA: Was Game 6 even comprehensible? 6/19/2013
Q: This win took everything the Heat had and an act of God. What a win. -- Chet.
Winderman's view: Heat 103, Spurs 100 (OT) 6/19/2013
Observations from Tuesday night's 103-100 NBA Finals overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs at AmericanAirlines Arena:
For starters: San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat 6/19/2013
A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Tuesday's 9 p.m. NBA Finals game between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs at AmericanAirlines Arena (ABC), with Mike Miller again starting for the Heat:
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