'Red, White and Pink Game' to stream live on Heat.com
The Miami Heat will continue their tradition of live internet broadcasting as HEATV on Heat.com will televise the Red, White & Pink Game presented by Baptist Health Breast Center. The team has incorporated the color pink into this year's scrimmage in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Heat broadcast team, led by Eric Reid, Tony Fiorentino and JasonJackson, will anchor coverage of the team's open scrimmage beginning on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. live on Heat.com.
FOX's Sun Sports kicks off their 22nd consecutive season of broadcasting Heat basketball with the team's preseason home opener on Tuesday, October 7th when the Heat host their intrastate and division rivals the Orlando Magic at 7:30 p.m. The game is one of five that the team's exclusive broadcast partner will bring to Heat fans during the exhibition season, four of which involve battles against playoff teams from a year ago. Sun Sports' preseason schedule includes coverage of the team's matchup vs. the sharp-shooting backcourt of Golden State in a game to be played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City on October 17th, followed the next night by an NBA Finals rematch against the Spurs live from San Antonio. Other highlights include coverage of the October 14th game against the Atlanta Hawks and the preseason finale in Memphis on Friday, October 24th.
In total, seven of the team's eight preseason contests will be televised, with the October 4th preseason opener in Louisville against the Pelicans being the lone "radio-only" broadcast. The October 11th preseason game in Rio de Janeiro will be televised by ESPNews and the home game on October 21st vs. Houston will be broadcast as part of a TNT national doubleheader.
Complete radio coverage of every Heat game during the 2014 preseason, beginning with a special broadcast from the Red, White & Pink Game, can be found on the team's flagship station in English, FM 104.3 The Ticket. Mike Inglis returns for a 17th season to handle the call and will be joined on all home games by former Heat point guard and current radio and TV analyst, John Crotty. The team's original head coach, and former Heat assistant coach, Ron Rothstein, will join Inglis on the road for several broadcasts throughout the regular season. For the fifth straight season, Tommy Tighe and Jonathan Zaslow will co-host the pre-game, halftime and post-game shows on FM 104.3 The Ticket.
The man who has broadcast more games than any announcer in Heat history, La Voz - Jose Paneda, begins his 26th season calling the action in Spanish as Heat basketball returns once again to Radio Mambi 710 AM. Jose Paneda and broadcast partner Joe Pujala will cover each of the team's three home preseason games on October 7th, 14th and 21st. Paneda will also anchor live coverage of the Heat's preseason game vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers on October 11th from Brazil.
The Heat officially kick off broadcast coverage of their 27th season on Saturday, October 4th with the first edition of Heat Weekly, a two-hour program hosted by Tighe, Heat Radio Network host. The show, which returns in its normal 10 a.m. time slot on The Ticket each Saturday, features interviews with Heat broadcasters, players, coaches and basketball front office personalities and can once again be heard throughout the weekend on the member stations of the Miami Heat Radio Network.
Below is the full preseason broadcast schedule.
Date |
Day |
Time |
Opponent |
Coverage |
October 1 |
Wednesday |
7 p.m. |
Red, White & Pink |
HEATV on HEAT.com |
October 4 |
Saturday |
10 a.m. |
Heat Weekly |
Heat Radio Network ** |
October 4 |
Saturday |
7:30 p.m. |
New Orleans vs. Miami (Louisville) |
Heat Radio Network (no TV) |
October 7 |
Tuesday |
7:30 p.m. |
Orlando vs. Miami |
Sun Sports, Heat Radio Network, Radio Mambi |
October 11 |
Saturday |
10 a.m. |
Heat Weekly |
Heat Radio Network ** |
October 11 |
Saturday |
5 p.m. |
Cleveland vs. Miami (Rio) |
ESPNews, Heat Radio Network, Radio Mambi |
October 14 |
Tuesday |
7:30 p.m. |
Atlanta vs. Miami |
Sun Sports, Heat Radio Network, Radio Mambi |
October 17 |
Friday |
8:30 p.m. |
Golden State vs. Miami (Kansas City) |
Sun Sports, Heat Radio Network |
October 18 |
Saturday |
10 a.m. |
Heat Weekly |
Heat Radio Network ** |
October 18 |
Saturday |
8:30 p.m. |
Miami @ San Antonio |
Sun Sports, Heat Radio Network |
October 21 |
Tuesday |
8 p.m. |
Houston vs. Miami |
TNT, Heat Radio Network, Radio Mambi |
October 24 |
Friday |
8 p.m. |
Miami @ Memphis |
Sun Sports, Heat Radio Network |
October 25 |
Saturday |
10 a.m. |
Heat Weekly |
Heat Radio Network ** |
** HEAT Weekly airs every Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon on FM 104.3 The Ticket and at various times throughout the weekend on the member stations of the HEAT Radio Network.
For more information, please visit HEAT.com.